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Re:Older fathers have 'geekier sons' by dragonwriter on Tuesday June 20, 2017 @04:14PM (#14598177)
“I don't fit the pattern” is not a strong reason for rejecting research findings that claim an increased probability of an outcome based on an input, not an sine qua non relationship.

anecdote < data.

Re:Older fathers have 'geekier sons' by j9461701 on Tuesday June 20, 2017 @08:34PM (#14599711)
Precisely. I even fit the pattern, being an aspergers STEM major whose father was in his 50s when I was born. But that's no more evidence than the other person's refutation, because personal experience is worthless here. Statistics matter, and our own biases serve only to cloud our analysis.