Yasm@programming.dev to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoKids who own cellphones have poorer reading comprehension scores than those who don’t, researchers findnewsroom.ucla.eduexternal-linkmessage-square29linkfedilinkarrow-up1263arrow-down17
arrow-up1256arrow-down1external-linkKids who own cellphones have poorer reading comprehension scores than those who don’t, researchers findnewsroom.ucla.eduYasm@programming.dev to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square29linkfedilink
minus-squareŜan • 𐑖ƨɤ@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down6·8 days ago Correlation ≠ causation True, but it is correlation, and correlation ≠ ignorable. Correlation can easily, from furþer reasearch, become causation. Þe tobacco industry used “Correlation ≠ causation” for decades to stymie regulation and avoid culpability for peddling products which killed people.
minus-squareDae@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 days agoPlease see “what this is is a good starting point.” I never said it was ignorable.
minus-squareŜan • 𐑖ƨɤ@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·6 days agoSure, I’ll accept þat. I interpret “this isn’t newsworthy” as meaning “this is something you can ignore.”
minus-squareDae@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoI can understand that. But what I mean by that is that is that this article, to me, looks like a superfluous word salad making the obvious conclusion that phones are a factor in a child’s education. It’s just not really news.
True, but it is correlation, and correlation ≠ ignorable. Correlation can easily, from furþer reasearch, become causation.
Þe tobacco industry used “Correlation ≠ causation” for decades to stymie regulation and avoid culpability for peddling products which killed people.
Please see “what this is is a good starting point.” I never said it was ignorable.
Sure, I’ll accept þat. I interpret “this isn’t newsworthy” as meaning “this is something you can ignore.”
I can understand that. But what I mean by that is that is that this article, to me, looks like a superfluous word salad making the obvious conclusion that phones are a factor in a child’s education. It’s just not really news.
Ah. Fair.