@earl_earlmax @ClarkHat a bit like 'cancer patient dies of chemotherapy...' :P
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@ClarkHat Thing is, like with vaccines & antibiotics, we have very strong causative relationships that point the other way. -
@ClarkHat Someone who's acting crazy is v. likely to get meds. Given that, we should be very suspicious of intuitions pointing the other way -
@ClarkHat Having said all that--I concede there's some evidence that antidepressants in misdiagnosed bipolar can precipitate manic phase. -
@ClarkHat But ceding that, there's also a type I vs. type II issue: no reasonable way to detect mass shootings that don't happen bc meds. -
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@ClarkHat FDA has those black box warnings mostly thanks to public hysteria and ass-covering. Evidence of actual causation essentially zero. -
@ClarkHat Same reasoning as antivaxers. Yes, sometimes someone's baby drops dead after vaccination. Because sometimes babies drop dead. -
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