Re:The Covid Science Wars
by bawolff on Monday November 30, 2020 @04:41PM
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I fail to see how that's evidence of the internet causes people to lock down. Seems more like its evidence that the internet has nothing to do with the lockdown, and other factors control whether societies choose to lock down or not.
Correlation doesn't imply causation, but lack of correlation is pretty strong evidence for lack of causation.
Re:The Covid Science Wars
by ImaCake on Tuesday December 01, 2020 @02:35AM
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I don't think nradov was disagreeing with you. More that they were providing a counterpoint. If anything the fact we have examples swinging both ways makes the argument that internet !~ lockdown even stronger.
Correlation doesn't imply causation, but lack of correlation is pretty strong evidence for lack of causation.