🧠 Drinking just 3 cans of beer a week may be linked to cognitive decline

Drinking even moderately may lead to cognitive decli...

Meanwhile I personally know a dozen of people who drink a LOT more and who seem to be absolutely fine

"may be linked" vs "causes" is quite the difference

ಠ_ಠ: you don't know yet what will happen to those people in 10 or 20 years. Probably some of them will achieve alcohol-related dementia towards the end of their drinking careers.

snake5010: Some of them are well in their 80s

And they are sharp as knives

genes are everything

this assumes people who drink heavily want to be alive and cogent long-term

questionable, frankly