@derekmhopper just 'cause it *seems* that doesn't mean that it is. more likely it's just a set of behaviors (universalism)... @edwest
@Outsideness see? you just put it in quotes, as if you know it really isn't *caused* by a disease. just imagine... @edwest @derekmhopper
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@Outsideness ...another adaptation in the wrong environment: high altitude adapted people moving to a valley....@edwest @derekmhopper -
@Outsideness ...they'd have all sorts of health problems, but *not* because of any pathology. just wrong environment.@edwest @derekmhopper
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@Outsideness so what do you think pathological means in this context then?@edwest @derekmhopper -
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@Outsideness well, that's an extremely unorthodox use of the word pathological. (~_^) we'll have to send it in to...@edwest @derekmhopper -
@Outsideness ...the OED if it ever catches on, your tweet being its first known usage. (~_^)@edwest @derekmhopper
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@JSBTC no. i'm trying to get people to understand the problem correctly.@Outsideness@edwest @derekmhopper -
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@Outsideness absolutely! alcoholism is NOT a disease! a genetic condition, maybe, but not a disease.@JSBTC@edwest @derekmhopper
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