You people need to go back to school...
Oct. 2nd, 2009 01:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thistlechaserI'm torn between facepalming and wanting to shoot people. A story from Time: Eating candy as a child will make you into a criminal!
"Moore's analysis suggests a correlation: 69% of people who had been convicted of a violent act by age 34 reported eating candy almost every day as youngsters"
Correlation does not imply causation!
*pulls hair out*
Idiots! Gah! Look, I can do this "scientific research", too! Here are my findings: "100% of people who get cancer drank water at some point in their lives". Oh my god, water causes cancer!
Grrrrrrrrr.
"Moore's analysis suggests a correlation: 69% of people who had been convicted of a violent act by age 34 reported eating candy almost every day as youngsters"
Correlation does not imply causation!
*pulls hair out*
Idiots! Gah! Look, I can do this "scientific research", too! Here are my findings: "100% of people who get cancer drank water at some point in their lives". Oh my god, water causes cancer!
Grrrrrrrrr.
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Date: 2009-10-02 09:27 pm (UTC)Also, please allow me this opportunity to point out the dangers of dihydrogen monoxide.
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Date: 2009-10-02 09:30 pm (UTC)...speaking of, when are you and your man going to have 94375725743 of them~? ;) :D
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Date: 2009-10-02 10:17 pm (UTC)That's what I needed to do on my way home from work today! Stop by the cloning facility!