Ishaan comments on Luck I: Finding White Swans - LessWrong

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Comment author: Ishaan 12 December 2013 09:38:27PM *  8 points [-]

The most popular anti-anxiety drug (alcohol) is legal in most places.

Caution - mild scientific evidence for anxiety increasing effects in the long run, moderate scientific evidence that the anxious are more susceptible to dependency for this substance, not to mention that alcohol + neuroticism has an anecdotal reputation as a failure mode.

It feels like the boring / obvious thing to say, but I think it's worth mentioning.