Comment by redanddead
4 hours ago
You and orangecat are using a false binary
That’s not how science works
Show me correlating graphs to the rise in colorectal cancer. There has to be a meta-analysis about this, my money is on food being a major contributing factor
It's milk consumption:
https://tylervigen.com/spurious/custom_correlation/757_new-c...
No wait it's GMO use in corn grown in Texas:
https://tylervigen.com/spurious/custom_correlation/758_new-c...
No wait it's the popularity of the first name Devon:
https://tylervigen.com/spurious/custom_correlation/759_new-c...
No wait it's the number of postal service machine operators in Texas:
https://tylervigen.com/spurious/custom_correlation/760_new-c...
Pretty certain this isn't how science works either. Be careful mistaking correlation for causation, and in relying on intuitive hunches.
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> my money is on food being a major contributing factor
That's not how science works either.