Re:Scientific American’s gun error
by aszepieniec on Sunday December 23, 2012 @09:33AM
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And then when the evidence does not match up, he fudges with one of his parameters, V, to "explain" it.
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Re:Scientific American’s gun error
by mattraibert on Tuesday December 25, 2012 @03:07AM
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This seems like a non-sequitur. The gp's criticism was that the article doesn't cite any evidence for the model, which he does.
Besides, he doesn't "fudge" V. He shows evidence: that violent crime decreased over the relevant period and argues that less violent crime implies lower average tendency to violence (V).