“We’re going to give everyone who uses anecdotal evidence over actual science a little bell so everyone will know to get the hell out of their way, a bit like lepers in the old days, except these people are lacking an ability to extrapolate from actual evidence rather than lacking limbs.”
Not a bad idea.
Originally shared by NewsThump
Walloping children, taking enormous amounts of drugs and drink-driving are all to lose their social stigmas as long as you can prove it didn’t do any harm to at least one person you know.
http://newsthump.com/2015/09/24/everything-fine-as-long-as-it-didnt-do-you-or-your-grandad-any-harm/
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