[DiggyJohnson]

While I reserve any judgement on GP’s use of melatonin to help their child sleep, I think the tone of your comment indicates a confidence in pharmacology that is difficult to justify, or at least betrays significant immaturity about the complexity of these sorts of decisions…

[TeMPOraL]

> I think the tone of your comment indicates a confidence in pharmacology that is difficult to justify,

Hey, being condescending about magical thinking and pseudo-reasoning does not automatically imply a special confidence in pharmacology. That said, I do have perhaps above-average confidence in pharmacology, based on some experience and paying attention to details. Much like scientific papers, pharmaceutical products have specific effects and ranges of applicability. If you're aware of those and the trade-offs you'll be making, then pharmaceutical becomes a very effective tool - one that works reliably and consistently, unlike magical / naturalistic thinking.

> betrays significant immaturity about the complexity of these sorts of decisions…

I think it's the other way around. The example responses I provided are, to me, how immaturity looks like in the reasoning department. A lot of complexity in these sorts of decisions is created by people giving such replies, as now parents have to also trade off effective solutions against being judged by others.

[Aeolun]

I think the argument is more along the lines of a lot of people automatically assuming something like this would be bad without any direct justification.

The same people that will then feed their kids heaps of antibiotics for a viral infection.