Scams happen because of humans. Technology makes it easier to pull them off. It just so happens that a core principle of crypto, "anonymity", allows scams without consequence. The only force holding us back from hurting…
Imagine combining this with a deepfake video.
I this this is a good approach that I've used before. I think it starts to crumble when people start to demand you to do stuff like posting on your social media or showing them donation receipts.
If you're healthcare, you're taught not to trust results because it was published under a brand-name journal. YES, you should be skeptical, but mostly not at the journal-level. You need to be skeptical at the…
People are losing their heads out there because they don't understand how to interpret studies. The most infuriating offenders are the media, who have been irresponsible with the presentation of clinical study results.…
> A drug on the market for 60 years (and over the counter in many countries) is “extremely dangerous”? Yes it can, if used in a different context. You can't generalize stuff in medicine. There are hundreds of factors in…
> To think that all of a sudden it became more dangerous was silly and unreasonable. This is a dangerous view and not a fair take. Drugs CAN become more dangerous when used in a different context. The sheer permutation…
Counterexample: patient has severe pain, is treated in the hospital with opiates, becomes addicted to opiates.
I've met them, and many are not that different from us. - flight stewardess who lost job from smoking a joint - lawyer who lost his wealth from poor investments - former hockey player addicted to opiates from hospital…
Wrong attitude. I think you would benefit from meeting more people from different socioeconomic backgrounds.
This is absolutely terrible. I worked in an inner-city setting servicing the addictions and psychiatry population as the fentanyl crisis started evolving several years ago. I would see the usual patient every day with…
Pharmacist & software dev here -- my goodness please do, the technology infrastructure supporting pharmacy is massively outdated and I've had to fight against it to do my job properly. Among many other problems, explore…
Context change was implied as soon as the respondent began with the words "on the flip side...". The topic in this sub-tree is now about that "flip side". Discussion has expanded into new areas.
This is a complicated issue. I've seen this happen in practice. As long as the process remains conservative and respectful of the patient, it results in better outcomes for the patient and a more peaceful society. The…
I'm a pharmacist, and I completely agree with your assessment. People are waaaaay over-estimating their abilities here. I think there's a bit of Dunning-Kruger at play here. People think they can make their own…
In the majority of cases, online interaction checkers might be OK. But please be aware that there's more to drug interactions than using online checkers. You can have a drug interaction that is red-flagged but can be…
Scams happen because of humans. Technology makes it easier to pull them off. It just so happens that a core principle of crypto, "anonymity", allows scams without consequence. The only force holding us back from hurting…
Imagine combining this with a deepfake video.
I this this is a good approach that I've used before. I think it starts to crumble when people start to demand you to do stuff like posting on your social media or showing them donation receipts.
If you're healthcare, you're taught not to trust results because it was published under a brand-name journal. YES, you should be skeptical, but mostly not at the journal-level. You need to be skeptical at the…
People are losing their heads out there because they don't understand how to interpret studies. The most infuriating offenders are the media, who have been irresponsible with the presentation of clinical study results.…
> A drug on the market for 60 years (and over the counter in many countries) is “extremely dangerous”? Yes it can, if used in a different context. You can't generalize stuff in medicine. There are hundreds of factors in…
> To think that all of a sudden it became more dangerous was silly and unreasonable. This is a dangerous view and not a fair take. Drugs CAN become more dangerous when used in a different context. The sheer permutation…
Counterexample: patient has severe pain, is treated in the hospital with opiates, becomes addicted to opiates.
I've met them, and many are not that different from us. - flight stewardess who lost job from smoking a joint - lawyer who lost his wealth from poor investments - former hockey player addicted to opiates from hospital…
Wrong attitude. I think you would benefit from meeting more people from different socioeconomic backgrounds.
This is absolutely terrible. I worked in an inner-city setting servicing the addictions and psychiatry population as the fentanyl crisis started evolving several years ago. I would see the usual patient every day with…
Pharmacist & software dev here -- my goodness please do, the technology infrastructure supporting pharmacy is massively outdated and I've had to fight against it to do my job properly. Among many other problems, explore…
Context change was implied as soon as the respondent began with the words "on the flip side...". The topic in this sub-tree is now about that "flip side". Discussion has expanded into new areas.
This is a complicated issue. I've seen this happen in practice. As long as the process remains conservative and respectful of the patient, it results in better outcomes for the patient and a more peaceful society. The…
I'm a pharmacist, and I completely agree with your assessment. People are waaaaay over-estimating their abilities here. I think there's a bit of Dunning-Kruger at play here. People think they can make their own…
In the majority of cases, online interaction checkers might be OK. But please be aware that there's more to drug interactions than using online checkers. You can have a drug interaction that is red-flagged but can be…