Of all the kinds of stupid that exist out there, certainly it’s the predictable stupid that is the most frustrating. And of all the kinds of predictable stupid that exist, one of the most pre…
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Correlation is not causation. I agree that vidya doesn’t cause crime, but the correlation is not proof of that.

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Sure, but they’ve only ever had correlational evidence to suggest video games cause violence. Their own correlational evidence does not support their conclusions, and that should be called out and ridiculed.

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I’m pretty sure that is the point

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Right, so then the original article would also be untrue (or at least not provable just by observing both numbers).

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