Re: [Geology2] I'm Baaack! More Impact Theory with Antipodal Volcanism

I was just in a debate with a guy over the topic of legalization of pot in Washington State being the cause of an increase in DUI arrests. He insisted the former caused the latter. I pointed out his inability to connect the two and reminded him of the logical fallacy of causation-correlation.

On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 12:16 PM, ChuckB <gumboyaya@cox.net> wrote:

 

Ben,

Just keep in mind what Mark Twain said about statistics (...lies, damn
lies, and statistics). You will need to account for many variables
before a statistical argument will be viable.

Chuck

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