LINK: An example of the Pink Flamingo, the obvious-yet-overlooked cousin of the Black Swan

polymathwannabe

India vs. Pakistan: the nuclear option is dangerously close, and nobody seems to want to prevent it

http://qz.com/541502/a-nuclear-war-between-india-and-pakistan-is-a-very-real-possibility/

India vs. Pakistan: the nuclear option is dangerously close, and nobody seems to want to prevent it

http://qz.com/541502/a-nuclear-war-between-india-and-pakistan-is-a-very-real-possibility/

On the other hand the people pushing for drug legalization like to pretend that the costs don't exist.

For example SanguineEmpiricist was claiming up thread that no one would use cocaine if it wasn't illegal.

On the other hand some people pushing for drug legalization like to pretend that the costs don't exist.

FTFY.

But that's a pretty general phenomenon, by no means specific to the legalization of recreational drugs. Just because there exists some people who believe X for dumb reasons isn't terribly strong evidence against X, especially when counterbalanced by the fact that there also exist people who believe not-X for dumb reasons.

-2SanguineEmpiricist11y

I don't think I said that. Lol. Very few people would use it without the current stigma, do you know how I know? Because I do coke and most of the culture is influenced by its illegality by a significant degree. It would just reduce to a baseline number, and it's hard to imagine people destroying their lives due to cocaine if you're not living in a world of mythology. Where's gwern when you need him?

4Lumifer11y

People pushing for the continuation of the war on drugs like the pretend the costs don't exist, too. It's a very pervasive attitude :-/

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