Re:Suicidal Vet Calls MDMA Treatment ‘a Miracle'
by phnk on Thursday August 16, 2018 @07:37PM
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> I am convinced that there are more people who would begin to benefit from unprescribed private self-medication with MDMA than who would begin to suffer suffer harm.
conviction |kənˈvɪkʃ(ə)n|
2 a firmly held belief or opinion
belief |bɪˈliːf|
an acceptance that something exists or is true, especially one without proof
opinion |əˈpɪnjən|
1 a view or judgement formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge
Re:Suicidal Vet Calls MDMA Treatment ‘a Miracle'
by phnk on Friday August 17, 2018 @05:44PM
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I stand corrected, indeed: the OED avoids defining 'to be convinced' as 'to hold a conviction' -- which is what I read in your post: absolute but fundamentally baseless certainty.
conviction |kənˈvɪkʃ(ə)n| 2 a firmly held belief or opinion
belief |bɪˈliːf| an acceptance that something exists or is true, especially one without proof
opinion |əˈpɪnjən| 1 a view or judgement formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge