wedrifid comments on Open Thread, September, 2010-- part 2 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wedrifid 25 September 2010 09:32:25AM 1 point [-]

Things you couldn't do without: Aspartame. Nice. :)

I seem to recall someone laying into superstition surrounding aspartame risks here a while back. Including rather adamant skepticism about a friend's belief that it was the cause of her difficulties. Was that you or do we have another fan of artificial sweetener? :)

Comment author: komponisto 26 September 2010 12:30:44AM 3 points [-]

You were thinking of LauraABJ.

Comment author: wedrifid 26 September 2010 03:54:45AM 0 points [-]

Ahh, yes, that's the one.

Comment author: [deleted] 25 September 2010 12:42:07PM 2 points [-]

No, I'm a different person.

I've never researched the health risks specifically, but I'm generally skeptical of the mindset that "we're not healthy because of all the chemicals we put in our bodies!" I'm also in favor of taking small risks that greatly increase one's quality of life. I hadn't thought about it much, but I guess aspartame says a lot about me.