tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post4822007866860226168..comments2024-03-29T06:06:58.796+03:00Comments on Daas Torah - Issues of Jewish Identity: Gedolim & Placebos: Danger of destroying false expectationsDaas Torahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07252904288544083215noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-67363599524588046562010-02-08T19:54:17.076+02:002010-02-08T19:54:17.076+02:00PS: Could somebody please post how one can sign a ...PS: Could somebody please post how one can sign a post without sending contact information. <br />=============<br />click option name/url and type in any name you want. No contact information is sentDaas Torahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07252904288544083215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-82673828551077000122010-02-08T18:38:38.143+02:002010-02-08T18:38:38.143+02:00I think they are different problems.
For those su...I think they are different problems.<br /><br />For those suffering from mild depression where a placebo could help them, it might be best to leave them on a placebo (even if the placebo is a powerful drug until it can be switched to a real placebo). Experts should at that time fight the pharma industry to bring down the drugs' prices in line with the rewards of the drug.<br /><br />When it comes to crooked or ineffectual rabbonim, mature healthy adults should be presented with all the facts and allowed to make their own decisions. (Even presented with the facts, I think most people won't change their behavior one iota anyway.)<br /><br />If you never are allowed to make decisions for yourself, you don't get the practice required to make the correct decisions.<br /><br />PS: Could somebody please post how one can sign a post without sending contact information. <br /><br />For now just call me "shqueezh_me"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-68548295271964270672010-02-06T22:47:40.153+02:002010-02-06T22:47:40.153+02:00A placebo/prozac is a false treatment that sometim...A placebo/prozac is a false treatment that sometimes works.<br /><br />A ponzi scheme or a belief that gedolim are infallible is a false treatment that never works.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-62369788038189911802010-02-04T19:08:02.479+02:002010-02-04T19:08:02.479+02:00It's good to know that man was not, in fact, c...It's good to know that man was not, in fact, created with a Prozac deficiency. Now I can rest easy at night; thank G-d for modern medical research.Ironically frumnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-10072249492560900152010-02-02T15:26:29.203+02:002010-02-02T15:26:29.203+02:00This is not a good comparison.
In terms of depres...This is not a good comparison.<br /><br />In terms of depression, the goal is to feel better. If a red M&M taken every morning does it, who cares? If I give a patient a placebo and it later comes out then when the patient complains I can at least point out that he got better and thus reached the goal. What's more the knowledge that the patient ultimately got better by himself empowers him.<br /><br />In terms of 30% returns on a Ponzi scheme, this is entirely different. Ponzi schemes don't make you rich, they ultimately bankrupt you and leave you poor and bitter.Garnel Ironheartnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-91278082946359430002010-02-02T13:48:14.304+02:002010-02-02T13:48:14.304+02:00Depression is a real disease that requires real tr...Depression is a real disease that requires real treatment.<br /><br />Living under an illusion can be just as harmful, albeit in a different way.<br /><br />Allowing someone to live under an illusion is no more acceptable or advisable than turning a blind eye to depression.<br /><br />More later.Growing Upnoreply@blogger.com