Back to episode — Episode 1511 Scott Adams - Imaginary Whips, Who Started the Simulation, Alcohol is Poison
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f a baseball bat and they shove it up your nose until it hits your brain and you feel it? Like as you're getting tested you're like, "Oh, I think I'm forgetting my second grade experience. I don't remember my friend Bob from..." Yeah, it's basically giving you brain damage as you're getting... No, it's not. No, it's not. I shouldn't even say that. Somebody's gonna believe it's true. No, it doesn't…
← Previous segment →ing. It was probably just a bunch of people who realized it worked and so they did it. But you don't realize the pernicious effect of alcohol in the whole history of humankind. It's a way bigger deal than I think we appreciate, how much alcohol and even poppies and stuff have changed civilization. And so this conversation caused at least one person to find a study that suggests that moderate drinking of alcohol is good for you. Do you believe that? How many people here in the comments, you've all seen the studies and they've been repeated, a number of studies said the same thing. How many of you believe that moderate drinking is good for you? Actually it's not just neutral, it's actually good for you. How many of you believe it because the studies say that? Right? How many of you have seen those studies that say a little bit of alcohol is good for you in moderation? Yeah. Why? Right? Do you believe it? Who did those studies? Yeah, you're gonna get really quiet here in a moment. Who do you think did those studies? What do you think funded them? Just a guess. What's your best guess about who funded the studies that say alcohol is good for you? Yeah, just take a guess.
Now are you aware, let me just give you some context first. Are you aware that there was a time in our history in which the advertisement said cigarettes were good for you? Are you aware of that? Just as context. There was a time in our history where we were told that cigarettes were healthy. They're good for you. Who do you think funded those studies? Or if even if there were studies, I don't even know if there were. Well probably the cigarette companies, right? If you see a study that says alcohol is good for you, somebody directly or indirectly, probably with the alcohol industry, had something to do with it.
Now let me ask you this. Do the studies that say alcohol seems to be associated with better h
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ealth, do they show the causation? In the comments, do you believe that there's any science that demonstrates causation, not just correlation? Because the correlation I think is pretty well established. Moderate drinkers are healthier. I think that might actually be true. But do you believe that science in any study has established that it's a cause? Nope. Even, I see somebody refer to resveratrol…
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