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Gunnar_Zarncke comments on What false beliefs have you held and why were you wrong? - Less Wrong Discussion

28 Post author: Punoxysm 16 October 2014 05:58PM

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Comment author: Gunnar_Zarncke 18 October 2014 06:45:57PM 0 points [-]

Thank you for your reference. I'm not clear whether this is intended to support or reject this point or just provide additional data.

Comment author: hyporational 18 October 2014 06:56:58PM 2 points [-]

I referred to the first sentence of your comment. My point was given the statistics "suicidal" could just as well be a shorthand for "severe mental disorder". Such mental disorders are usually chronic.

Comment author: Gunnar_Zarncke 18 October 2014 07:17:22PM 1 point [-]

OK. But suicide => mental disorder doesn't equal mental disorder => suicide. So this doesn't support nor deny the original claim.

Comment author: hyporational 18 October 2014 07:29:28PM *  0 points [-]

Actually the paper supports the other direction too, just not as strongly. I don't think the original comment was meant to be taken literally. If it was, it was especially angsty.