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You know what? They're not causing harm and they're helping these patients be in a safe environment so that they do not hurt themselves or others.

I don't find this sad at all, I find it innovating. This is actually a great 'hack' that seems to work and only has positive results.

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I couldn't agree more, my grandad has Alzheimer's and he often forgets that my grandma is dead and says he wants to see her, we have given up trying to explain to him what's happened as it always causes heart ache for everyone so now people lie to him, which I hate to do.

I wish that we had thought of something this simple to distract him, some people may say it's unfair, but isn't 5 minutes of trickery worth sparing them the heart ache that their life has vanished behind them and they have the decrepit body of an 80 or 90 year old person?

I always feel sad when I see someone who is completely unaware of what is really going on. But then I realize that a much smarter being than a human might feel the same way about us. Maybe we look just as tragically sad to some genius aliens.

Be honest. You've felt that way about other humans sometimes.

well, yes, that's exactly what they said

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