It does have some bearing on reality if people used it for a long time. There is a tradition and history behind so more are aware of it’s effects. The reason it felt good and seemed to help is better than a substance that was recently discovered and uncommonly used.
Yes it’s good for the coffee industry but this does not mean it’s the primary reason most people agree that it’s healthy. Beer is similar in that way and most agree that it’s not healthy.
I agree totally. I’m biased because it doesn’t for me. However, the death spiral of drinking coffee when you’re dehydrated might still negate the benefits, but only after 1-2 hours. Eating might not help much.
Lung damage and loss of taste are totally insignificant compared to brain damage and permanent fatigue, unless you are over 50 in which case they’re still up there. It is very obviously the right thing to do to wear a cheap P100 mask indoors and eat outdoors, easily more relevant to productivity than any coffee question.
This is true, I’m also biased against alcohol due to my metabolism. Unfortunately, rationality of the masses on things like coffee are almost completely negated by powerful lobbying organizations like Starbucks which can influence trends (the existence of lesswrong posts like these are hard evidence against total negation of societal rationality)
My point with #4 was that coffee is addictive and stimulates the reward function of the brain, instantly gratifying the choice to drink coffee in the deepest way possible. I strayed from that point by focusing on the economic implications.
I have been the only weirdo I know of who wears a P100. I say this to emphasize that I’ve been taking covid seriously.
I don’t see any reason to believe covid will be over in two months, or N months, for any value of N less than “however long it takes for humans to come into a new equilibrium with a novel virus.” I don’t know how long that will be, but 2 seems wrong.
As someone who’s worn a p100 a lot, I can also say it’s hardly cost free. It has all sorts of social, convenience, physical and psychological costs. Maybe those costs are <<< than your covid risk cost. But they do exist. Personally, it’s not obviously correct to me any more that the p100 is the right thing to reach for right now. Mine is currently broken, and I expect I will order a new one, but I’m also kind of happy to “just” be wearing n95s right now.
Although I agree that caffeine dehydrates you, this doesn’t mean it negates the stimulant effects.
Some symptoms of long covid there’s more research for like lung damage or loss of taste. https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/long-covid-much-more-than-you-wanted Fatigue and especially brain damage can be explained by people who are more likely to report negative symptoms after knowing they have covid.
It does have some bearing on reality if people used it for a long time. There is a tradition and history behind so more are aware of it’s effects. The reason it felt good and seemed to help is better than a substance that was recently discovered and uncommonly used.
Yes it’s good for the coffee industry but this does not mean it’s the primary reason most people agree that it’s healthy. Beer is similar in that way and most agree that it’s not healthy.
I agree totally. I’m biased because it doesn’t for me. However, the death spiral of drinking coffee when you’re dehydrated might still negate the benefits, but only after 1-2 hours. Eating might not help much.
Lung damage and loss of taste are totally insignificant compared to brain damage and permanent fatigue, unless you are over 50 in which case they’re still up there. It is very obviously the right thing to do to wear a cheap P100 mask indoors and eat outdoors, easily more relevant to productivity than any coffee question.
This is true, I’m also biased against alcohol due to my metabolism. Unfortunately, rationality of the masses on things like coffee are almost completely negated by powerful lobbying organizations like Starbucks which can influence trends (the existence of lesswrong posts like these are hard evidence against total negation of societal rationality)
My point with #4 was that coffee is addictive and stimulates the reward function of the brain, instantly gratifying the choice to drink coffee in the deepest way possible. I strayed from that point by focusing on the economic implications.
I have been the only weirdo I know of who wears a P100. I say this to emphasize that I’ve been taking covid seriously.
I don’t see any reason to believe covid will be over in two months, or N months, for any value of N less than “however long it takes for humans to come into a new equilibrium with a novel virus.” I don’t know how long that will be, but 2 seems wrong.
As someone who’s worn a p100 a lot, I can also say it’s hardly cost free. It has all sorts of social, convenience, physical and psychological costs. Maybe those costs are <<< than your covid risk cost. But they do exist. Personally, it’s not obviously correct to me any more that the p100 is the right thing to reach for right now. Mine is currently broken, and I expect I will order a new one, but I’m also kind of happy to “just” be wearing n95s right now.