Surely a correlation of 0.05 between social media use and depressive symptoms is evidence they're unrelated, if anything. It might be significant but N ~ 500k
That's why I mentioned a theory. Which you would notice the trend in observational data and gather experimental data to test the theory.
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Yeah. I agree! I think I might not be explaining myself very well...
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Tangent but only slightly, this is why science "prefers" experimental data and why observational data can only take us so far.
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Agree. Oberservational data can only be hypothesis generating, not testing.
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I'm not sure about that as it's a very strong statement — and I haven't had a chance to think about it too much — but, yes, 90% agreed.
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So yeah, not sure why anybody takes this seriously as implying smart phones have anything to do with depression.