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Re:The single most important thing you must do to improve yo... by rms on Monday April 28, 2008 @08:47PM (#176163)
>there is no evidence that second hand smoke is dangerous, so don't worry about it.

regardless of what studies may have said or not said, it seems obvious that it is not good.

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Re:The single most important thing you must do to improve yo... by mynameishere on Tuesday April 29, 2008 @12:16AM (#176295)
regardless of what studies may have said or not said,

Good one. I like that honest approach to inquiry: Fuck science.

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Re:The single most important thing you must do to improve yo... by Herring on Tuesday April 29, 2008 @06:40AM (#176445)
re: parent - it's called sarcasm, people.
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Re:The single most important thing you must do to improve yo... by xlnt on Tuesday April 29, 2008 @02:50PM (#176842)
but the parent of the sarcastic post wasn't actually anti-science at all.
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Re:The single most important thing you must do to improve yo... by xlnt on Monday April 28, 2008 @09:48PM (#176202)
it's not obvious that it's significant. we shouldn't waste our time worrying about tiny things. for example there is uranium in the ocean. it's a lot as an absolute figure. but it's very dilute, nothing to worry about.
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Re:The single most important thing you must do to improve yo... by rms on Tuesday April 29, 2008 @12:42AM (#176312)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passive_smoking

Please refute. Good luck.

If you're basing your post on a Penn and Teller Bullshit episode, they now say they were wrong. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrub3dt7R5U

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Re:The single most important thing you must do to improve yo... by xlnt on Tuesday April 29, 2008 @02:13AM (#176369)
pick one study or argument, which is the best, and i'll look into it more carefully.

the wikipedia article is lengthy, and contains errors, but if i point one out you will presumably say there's another part that's better. that's fine, but let's skip that step and go straight to the part you wish to stand behind.

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Re:The single most important thing you must do to improve yo... by rms on Tuesday April 29, 2008 @06:08AM (#176440)
Doesn't seem worth the effort for something I'm really convinced is right beyond a shadow of a doubt. I don't even think being proven wrong could convince me to change. It seems like a good idea for society to say bad things about tobacco.

I'll leave the argument at "fix the wikipedia article."

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