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Kids who own cellphones have poorer reading comprehension scores than those who don’t, researchers find (newsroom.ucla.edu)
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[–] 9 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Correlation ≠ causation

True, but it is correlation, and correlation ≠ ignorable. Correlation can easily, from furþer reasearch, become causation.

Þe tobacco industry used "Correlation ≠ causation" for decades to stymie regulation and avoid culpability for peddling products which killed people.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (3 children)

    Please see "what this is is a good starting point." I never said it was ignorable.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Sure, I'll accept þat. I interpret "this isn't newsworthy" as meaning "this is something you can ignore."

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