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0x2aon San Francisco and Portland Ranked Most Polluted Major Cities in the World (Live)

It's been fluctuating throughout the day. PurpleAir is showing even worse levels in SF currently (over 300 US PM2.5 AQI).

- https://www.purpleair.com/map?opt=1/mAQI/a10/cC0&select=5435...

- https://i.imgur.com/9N6ua2G.png (screenshot)

0x2aon The Evolution of Psychiatry

> I was responding to the parent comment, which claimed (falsely) that scientific consensus showed that psychiatry does not work at all. Claims like that are indeed equivalent to anti-vax movements.

You didn't respond specifically to the claim. It was just used to dismiss all caution in dealing with psychiatric medication as though it has the degree of certainty and understanding as vaccines.

0x2aon The Evolution of Psychiatry

Thank you. This is a much more intellectually honest response.

> That isn't a reason not to use them.

To give one example of where this is unclear, consider antipsychotics. Brain shrinkage is a known issue in schizophrenic patients that hasn't been ruled out as not coming from medication due to ethical issues in conducting the associated studies. Some schizophrenic patients also recover without them.

Comparing a valid concern like that to anti-vaxxers seems disingenuous to say the least.

0x2aon The Evolution of Psychiatry

Do the benefits of psychiatric medications have the same amount of evidence as vaccines?

0x2aon Hypothesis: Bipolar disorder is an Epstein–Barr virus‐driven disease

Can you cite a source on the latter claim?

0x2aon Why Socialists Don't Believe in Fun (1943)

It’s not though. What was stated is pretty well documented: https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Jordan_Peterson

0x2aon Why Socialists Don't Believe in Fun (1943)

Do you have a source aside from Jordan Peterson?