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minus-squarePieMePlenty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·6 days agoCorrelation is not causation. I agree that vidya doesn’t cause crime, but the correlation is not proof of that.
minus-squareKbobabob@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·6 days agoI’m pretty sure that is the point
minus-squaredjsoren19@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 days agoSure, 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.
minus-squareyarr@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days agoRight, so then the original article would also be untrue (or at least not provable just by observing both numbers).
Correlation is not causation. I agree that vidya doesn’t cause crime, but the correlation is not proof of that.
I’m pretty sure that is the point
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.
Right, so then the original article would also be untrue (or at least not provable just by observing both numbers).