• davehtaylor@beehaw.org
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    Horrific painful death from liver failure when the books lead people to eat the wrong mushrooms

    Destruction of ecosystems by people unfamiliar with how to responsibly forage

    Flooding of wrong and plagiarized information, drowning out experts and actual real, correct information

    There’s literally no positive side of this. At all.

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        I feel for the smart kids or eagar adults that want to learn and get caught up in this.

        Darwin awards is a little harsh and I am a huge Darwin awards fan myself.

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          I see your point, but anyone with an ounce of intelligence will steer well clear of these.

          That said, Amazon should be held responsible for deliberately promoting false and dangerous information.

      • wahming@monyet.cc
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        How is this related to the Darwin awards, if you’re just getting fooled by a book that you thought was trustworthy?