I once TA'd an econometrics class for a fairly famous econometrician He pointed out to the students at one point that all of the studies linking cigarettes and cancer were correlational and just let it hang there for twenty seconds of uncomfortable silence before moving on
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This speaks as to why you were given a robot soul. Poignant—but pragmatic
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tfw when the greatest statistician of the 20th century (and arguably greatest biologist too) didn't think smoking caused cancer
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or at least the case was unpersuasive :D idk I can see it tbh dont place a high probability on it but not zero
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noble to approach episteme without dread is some real cowboy ass bullshit
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i think this was also famously Ronald Fischer's position, sorta https://www.york.ac.uk/depts/maths/histstat/fisher269.pdf …
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no one there to point out that there are twin studies now even which was the threshold of evidence Fisher, avid smoker and tobacco shill, needed to accept causality. smdh kids these days
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You can't be a successful economist without being completely sure you're walking around in the world blindfolded. Smoking a cigarette.
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