opinion about war. We should fight wars without killing any civilians. Who's with me? Anybody? Anybody want to sign on to my half opinion? Because in the real world, you don't get that option. So you just say, "Well, we should." And what about using trade as a weapon? Well, we should not. As soon as you see the word "should," there's some happening. So that's your persuasion lesson of the day. Always look for "should." And when I use the word myself, which I do, it's just too easy to grab that word when you're talking. I try to correct myself because you can easily just fall into this "should" thing and it always means you're not looking at the whole picture. It's almost a confession.

All right. The Post Millennial has a story about RFK Jr.'s Department of Health and Human Services. They have decided that the recommended treatment for people with gender dysphoria is therapy as opposed to gender affirming surgery for example and points out that the more invasive stuff is not proven to be effective sort of in general. And so this is basically a review, it's not a law. So the review that HHS did stated that the effectiveness of psychotherapy for other mental health issues including those present alongside gender dysphoria suggests it may also be beneficial for gender dysphoria specifically.

Is it true that psychotherapy is effective for other disorders? That's actually a real question I don't know the answer to because I've heard a lot of people say that it's just fake, that therapy doesn't work for anybody really. But I suspect it doesn't work for some people. What do you think? Do you think that psychotherapy is a real thing that fixes people? Probably it depends a lot on who the psychotherapist is. I've got a feeling that the top 10% best therapists can fix a lot of people. I'm not sure if the bottom 90% can get anything done except taking your money. And you know,