Re:A kidney donor at 18 now regrets it
by ellyagg on Monday October 03, 2016 @08:17PM
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Yes, despite that you are grayed at this point, that example is not logically the same as the phenomenon under discussion.
If you talk to a lot of people with kidney failure you might conclude kidney failure is more likely than it is. This makes no sense as you are specifically looking for people with kidney failure, but humans aren't great at perspective here.
If you are looking for murder victims and a separate attribute--where these murders take place--is clearly correlated with murder victims, it is correct to notice that correlation.
If you talk to a lot of people with kidney failure you might conclude kidney failure is more likely than it is. This makes no sense as you are specifically looking for people with kidney failure, but humans aren't great at perspective here.
If you are looking for murder victims and a separate attribute--where these murders take place--is clearly correlated with murder victims, it is correct to notice that correlation.