How can a top scientist be so confidently wrong? R. A. Fisher and smoking (2022)

Re:How can a top scientist be so confidently wrong? R. A. Fi... by monophonica on Friday January 17, 2025 @07:25AM (#42736794)

My first thought was that obviously he was a smoker.

I loved cigarettes. I haven't smoked in almost 15 years and I might say I still love cigarettes. There really is no replacement for the feeling of being a smoker, waking up in the morning and drinking coffee with a cigarette as the sun comes up. That is a large part of what makes the addiction so bad.

I say this even with the benefit of knowing how horrible they are for health. It is why I quit eventually.

It is really hard to be objective about your partner when you are in love. A highly abusive partner at that.

I suspect the only thing stronger in humans than love is denial. The combination can be especially deluding.

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Re:How can a top scientist be so confidently wrong? R. A. Fi... by solumunus on Saturday January 18, 2025 @08:42AM (#42748243)

I can never relate when I hear this perspective. I’m an ex smoker and the idea of having a cigarette first thing in the morning makes me feel sick. There’s zero nostalgia for me. I now find smoking purely revolting.

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