Posted by SLS on August 4, 2008, at 15:38:26
In reply to Re: You are refering to me?, posted by linkadge on August 4, 2008, at 11:52:29
> Well, I think its fairly obvious that SLS thinks he is referring to me.
I can't read your mind. You can't read mine. Let us not try to.
> It really comes down to what you want to believe fundamentally.
Yes. This is the problem. I think that what one *wants* to believe influences how they interpret the world. It is a question of attitude and perspective being imposed upon by emotional reasoning instead of deductive or inductive reasoning. *Wanting* to believe something does not make for objective and functional interpretation of evolving facts.
> After that, you can find the data to support any stance you may choose.
I don't think so. What is, is. Drugs work - human investigations verify this with objective observation and using statistics. I am, of course, biased because drugs do work for me and have made life wonderful and worth living. I can't be terribly unique in this regard. And this might be the crux of the matter. For those people whom drug therapy has been disappointing, there might be a bias towards disbelieving the utility of these treatments. However, given my personal success story, I would encourage those people whom prefer to believe that drugs are ineffective to pay more attention to cases like mine.
No guarantees.
- Scott
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