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Re:Moderate drinking associated with atrophy in brain relate... by loeber on Wednesday June 28, 2017 @01:03AM (#14651809)
> evidently many people drink 'this much' without terrible consequences

This assumption reflects an underlying statistical bias: if most people you know exhibit this behavior, then that's what you see as normal.

It may very well be the case that the consequences are actually terrible -- they're just hard for you to perceive because they're normalized by everyone exhibiting them.

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Re:Moderate drinking associated with atrophy in brain relate... by Bakary on Wednesday June 28, 2017 @03:28AM (#14652313)
There's an allegorical story by Bostrom (the author of Superintelligence) which explores this concept as it relates to our short lifespans.

http://www.nickbostrom.com/fable/dragon.html

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Re:Moderate drinking associated with atrophy in brain relate... by surement on Wednesday June 28, 2017 @01:16PM (#14656040)
Then the people who don't drink would be outrageously more successful.
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Re:Moderate drinking associated with atrophy in brain relate... by lostmsu on Thursday June 29, 2017 @07:21PM (#14667622)
What's the statistics in your case?
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