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Re:No, there is no epidemic of loneliness by leg100 on Tuesday May 22, 2018 @02:35PM (#17128299)
How can he say, as the title of his blog goes, "there is no epidemic of loneliness"?

I can see how he has a case for questioning the statistical basis of someone who is arguing there is an epidemic.

But how does that disprove any such epidemic exists?

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Re:No, there is no epidemic of loneliness by noobermin on Tuesday May 22, 2018 @04:31PM (#17129168)
The claim "loneliness is increasing" is false according to the stats. That loneliness is prevalent in society (20% is a hell lot of people) is possibly a true statement. Moreover, that it's stable throughout the last couple of decades doesn't mean we should accept it either.
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