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It's a liberty you exploited because clearly the intent of that word refers to a physical heart. Nobody dismisses it as a bad drug, alcohol is too ingrained in human culture to ever be dismissed.

What's going on in this thread is scientific reconciliation and justification of ones own behavior. Lots of people live their lives off of scientific facts and conclusions to improve their own health and productivity. This new conclusion from the WHF flies in the face of an old conclusion and habitual drinkers of alcohol. Thus people need to twist and reconstruct the logic in such a way that their own behavior is justified.



>Nobody dismisses it as a bad drug

There's an instance right here:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30010131


Well, it's a small minority. A technicality basically. Alcohol is too ingrained in every culture to be anything other than that.




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