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0 pointswatwut4y ago0 comments

The claim is that they do reduce overall suicide rates. They are not offseted by more suicides at other places or later on.

Generally, as far as I can tell from reading about suicides and mental health, this is largely settled research. I dont understand why there is so much opposition to it on HN as if it was something new or controversial.

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rbanffy4y ago

> I dont understand why there is so much opposition to it on HN as if it was something new or controversial.

The HN crowd likes to question everything because this is one of the ways we learn. Being unfamiliar with well settled research on the subject is a contributing factor. Few would question the Earth is round por that birds aren't robots because we all know that, but when it comes to niche knowledge, the questioning is more frequent.

watwutOP4y ago

HN crowd instantly jumps to some claims with zero doubt. And instantly doubt others.

I don't even think it is about self interest or other such motivation.

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