RIP Chester Bennington

[loramin]

Originally Posted by Lune [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I'm just very wary of assigning cause in publications like these especially when the authors don't do it explicitly themselves in the publication.

Ok, I do take your point, and people can make all sorts of crazy claims based on studies. But I wasn't doing that, I was quoting the opinions of the experts themselves.

Whether or not their research, at this moment in time, can conclusively prove that suicide is X% determined at birth is irrelevant. What is relevant is that we have several very smart people who have devoted their lives to to studying this topic and they're all in agreement. I trust their opinion (well, until I see a better supported counter opinion).

And on that note, got any scientific publication, interview with scientists, etc. where they have evidence or opinions that most suicides are just (biologically) normal people offing themselves? It would honestly help convince me I'm ascribing too much to biology.