What has happened to this sub?

Comment · Tue, October 27, 2020 · 18 pts

I feel like I am in the Twilight Zone.. We already have those flairs! Experience report is already a flair. Scientific study is already a flair! I implemented those flairs years ago here on /r/Nootropics. Add more to the

Comment · Tue, October 27, 2020 · 10 pts

We already have an "Experience" tag to denote it was someone's personal experience. We have for years.

Comment · Tue, October 27, 2020 · 14 pts

What do you expect the average person to do, other than relay their anecdotes? They can't go out and run studies of their own. They can post studies, but then people will just tell them they are misinterpreting them, and

Comment · Tue, October 27, 2020 · 7 pts

That's just a discussion about a side effect they were having. Are you talking about tagging people's comments on posts as well? Also, how would someone source their anecdotal response to a compound? They were asking if

Comment · Tue, October 27, 2020 · 11 pts

I guess I assumed that everyone would realize that a thread with people relaying their personal experiences was anecdotal. Does tagging that really help anything? Do people even look at the tags we already have?

Comment · Tue, October 27, 2020 · 5 pts

Why would qualifications matter to a factual discussion? If a claim is posted, and that claim is factual and sourced, why would the personal details of the poster matter? Also, there are plenty of people with qualificati

Comment · Tue, October 27, 2020 · 9 pts

Can you point out any evidence for that claim? Can you link me any post on /r/Nootropics that is anti-vax?

Comment · Tue, October 27, 2020 · 11 pts

Appeals to authority are just as bad as ad populum and anecdotal evidence. What we should be striving for is well-sourced factual information, not looking to perceived professionals on what to think.

Comment · Tue, October 27, 2020 · 12 pts

I've seen a big uptick in mirtazapine and bupropion as well, which are atypical antidepressants. We still don't even know how mirtazapine works... yet we have to sit back and listen to the professionals? Ask any "profess

Comment · Tue, October 27, 2020 · 6 pts

I agree, that's a big problem. However, it is a much bigger problem than we here at /r/Nootropics are going to solve. Misinformation is probably the single biggest problem the modern internet is facing. The issue is that

Comment · Tue, October 27, 2020 · 3 pts

I would have to see some evidence of that to really have a stance. As with any situation, painting people with a wide brush is never ideal. Sometimes the least informed are the loudest, but that doesn't mean we assume ev

Comment · Tue, October 27, 2020 · 8 pts

That's an argument ad populum, and is just as bad as other fallacies. You can point to the clinical trials as evidence, but not to the popularity as evidence of efficacy. Just look how Purdue Pharma pushed Oxycontin to b