Silfen

I think its standing is a bit better than that. We have several independent lines of evidence like patterns in the CMB that aren't just "hmm, we need m to be bigger in our model of a galaxy." And we have a couple of energy scales compatible with standard particle physics where the dark matter might be hiding.

To add another data point: I've lived in capitol hill for 22 years. I know zero people who have been attacked by homeless people. That's not to say that Seattle's homelessness problem isn't grave, but I suspect that there's a sampling bias in this comment thread.

LD50 is entirely irrelevant to this discussion. No one goes to the store and orders 1mg/kg of a substance. When considering acute harm, the relevant metric is the ratio between a typical recreational dose and an overdose. For example, there are very few tobacco servings that contain more than 20mg nicotine. A person is very unlikely to come anywhere near the, say, 360mg lethal dose.

Yeah, I never meant to suggest that it was wrong (except in the most literal sense!). Comparative subway costs do not make MTA look good!

Yeah, and I would be surprised to find a person here who praises that policy. This is textbook, premium grade whataboutism.

HN has in-feed ads for Y Combinator businesses. A great example of benevolent, win-win advertising, in my opinion.