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stuckonemptytoday at 2:14 AM1 replyview on HN

This is great it works for you but hopefully you realize the weakness of anecdotal evidence when it comes to declaring something is universally effective.

Your n of 1 argument is the equivalent of “my grandpa smoked until he was 95 so smoking clearly can’t be bad for your health”.


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red75primetoday at 2:47 AM

It’s more like, "Some people have something going on that ameliorates the cardiovascular and cancer problems caused by smoking."