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earlyreturnslast Monday at 4:54 PM1 replyview on HN

As with any survey or most research really, it’s the sample the determines the finding. Homelessness is not easy to define precisely. Drug addiction, setting aside the fact that surveys are self reported, is a bit more cut and dried but from your response it’s not clear if alcohol is included, or drug history. Like if someone did some bad shrooms or had a bad acid trip and wound up homeless would that person be in the 2/3rds?


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hattmallyesterday at 3:25 AM

What would a bad trip that makes you homeless look like? Like you burnt your house down or something.

The number of people that became homeless due to a bad trip may be non-zero but it had to be really close. That's just not a realistic scenario.

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