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The problem with gwern posts is that there are so rarely anything to nitpick, to spark conversation in the comments.
by cwillu 5mo ago
The problem with gwern posts is that there are so rarely anything to nitpick, to spark conversation in the comments.
- card_zero 5mo agoI'm unclear on the NYT motivation. "Let's pin it on the nicotine vapes," why? Scare stories sell papers, I guess.
- paleotrope 5mo agoOn the surface level there were some political initiatives by various parties to regulate vapes more strictly at the time. On a deeper level you have several interested parties (vaping companies, tobacco companies, public health interests that get funding for whatever reasons) that stand to lose or gain alot of money depending on how it's regulated. Or you you might even have politicians looking for donations from the people that are selling vapes or more likely, politicians that are seeing a potential new tax revenue source and our feeling out the level of opposition or support for it. I don't think the NYTs goes for scare stories for the most part.
- olalonde 5mo agoApparently, a lot of people blame his nicotine article for getting addicted to nicotine.
- saagarjha 5mo agoThere is plenty of stuff to nitpick but it's the kind of thing that internet commenters who read his articles dismiss as poorly reasoned because it involves indirect social impact and presentation rather than content.