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I am curious why they state "pathologically addicted" - sounds a bit tautological to me? Do they mean pathological as in compulsive, because "compulsively addicted" seems strange. Or do they mean pathological as in a disease? I agree (as does the medical profession nowadays I think) that addiction is a disease in the medical sense of the word, so again tautological.

Even if there was an all out nuclear war it obviously wouldn't lead to the death of every single human in the world.

dammit i'm going to have to go back and read this book again to see what you're talking about now...

Actually I would suggest people who have experienced something really traumatic, and haven't dealt with it yet, are the ones who's comments we should take with a pinch of salt. They seem like they'd be pretty biased to me.

Just like how when a reporter interviews a rail crash victim's family about rail safety. Funnily enough they are always adamant that rail safety is terrible. (thank you to Mitchell and Webb)