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…
  • PieMePlenty@lemmy.worldEnglish
    31·
    10 days ago

    Correlation is not causation. I agree that vidya doesn’t cause crime, but the correlation is not proof of that.

    • djsoren19@yiffit.netEnglish
      4·
      10 days ago

      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.

    • yarr@feddit.nlEnglish
      1·
      10 days ago

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