Arrest made in Bob Lee case. Alleged killer also worked in tech

Re:Arrest made in Bob Lee case. Alleged killer also worked i... by PragmaticPulp on Thursday April 13, 2023 @12:57PM (#35558467)

Equating poor people with criminals is indeed quite discriminatory. It’s ironic to see that used in a statement from someone who believes themselves to be taking the moral high ground.

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Re:Arrest made in Bob Lee case. Alleged killer also worked i... by TheKarateKid on Thursday April 13, 2023 @01:13PM (#35558738)

The equation he made isn't wrong, but it contradicts the fact that OP is criticizing people who agree with what they said themselves.

Data clearly shows a correlation between crime levels and average income in an area. Are we not mostly engineers used to working with data here? In fact, needing to "survive" is a common excuse used to justify the crimes committed in impoverished areas. Note that I said correlation, not causation. If someone has data that says otherwise, please provide it because I would be genuinely intrigued.

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Re:Arrest made in Bob Lee case. Alleged killer also worked i... by simplotek on Thursday April 13, 2023 @03:03PM (#35560458)

> Data clearly shows a correlation between crime levels and average income in an area.

Isn't "correlation does not imply causality" already a household expression? If we are engineers why are we insisting in specious reasoning?

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