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by alaskamiller 4896 days ago
Are you a clinical psychologist?

Do you have citations for your perfect sense?

Can you quantify your lack of surprise?

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Is rprasad a clinical psychologist?.

If he is pulling things out of his ass without citations, it seems reasonable that he receive responses that do the same.

More to the point, rprasad is making sweeping statements of fact, along the lines of, "Anyone who commits suicide before trial must be guilty." I'm making what are clearly statements of personal opinion, along the lines of, "Here is a scenario where I can imagine the stress of a legal case tipping a depressed person over the cliff into suicide."

Strong claims require strong evidence. I'm making far, far weaker claims. The burden of proof should squarely be on rprasad.