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Re:Why aren't younger Americans driving anymore? by cmsmith on Tuesday April 23, 2013 @02:07AM (#5593529)
The other sibling comments on the interpretation of this data are accurate, but my biggest problem with it is this:

If you reduce the driving privileges of people with blue eyes, I'm sure that the auto-related fatalities of blue-eyed people would decrease.

I'm not sure of the correct way to measure the success of driving restrictions, but I would suggest that it is something other than this type of statistic.

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Re:Why aren't younger Americans driving anymore? by saraid216 on Tuesday April 23, 2013 @03:13AM (#5593730)
I don't think that's incorrect though.

If there exists a mushroom that tends to be lethal in even small quantities and its usage in recipes is restricted, then the fatalities caused by it will go down.

You might disagree with the method on deontological grounds, but you can't really deny that it is functioning well on consequentialist grounds.

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