CORRELATION DOES NOT EQUAL CAUSATION
It is possible that watching Fox News makes you stupid. But it might also be that stupid, uninformed people like to watch Fox News because it echoes back at them what they already “know.”
11 Responses to “CORRELATION DOES NOT EQUAL CAUSATION”
![]() Comment by JJ December 17th, 2010 at 12:17 am |
Talk about a rock and a hard place. 😉 |
![]() Comment by Daryl Cobranchi December 17th, 2010 at 8:40 am |
Or a distinction w/o a difference. |
![]() Comment by JJ December 17th, 2010 at 2:45 pm |
Chicken and egg? |
![]() Comment by JJ December 17th, 2010 at 7:33 pm |
Did you see the update yet?
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![]() Comment by JJ December 17th, 2010 at 7:36 pm |
I understand much better now than I once did, why these folks are so anti-intellectual and trying to discredit/destroy public education. Stupid people are the key to their success. |
![]() Comment by Daryl Cobranchi December 17th, 2010 at 7:53 pm |
How many logical fallacies in that rant? Red herring for sure. Ad hominem? Others? |
![]() Comment by Daryl Cobranchi December 17th, 2010 at 7:54 pm |
JJ, Are you getting a captcha when you try to comment? I just got one and have no idea why. |
![]() Comment by Nance Confer December 18th, 2010 at 9:22 am |
No. 19? Hardly worth going there! See, I got the message from Fox. I should look for a higher ranked party school! Thank God for Fox. And I can now use the G word because I have been to a school concert. Yes, the local public high school had their holiday concert. But it was actually, thank God, a Christmas concert. And, thank God (you see, when you have religion, you should sprinkle as many Gs as possible in your drivel), it was hosted by the local Baptist minister. Yep, and he was special. And we ended the evening being asked to stand for a rousing rendition of Handel’s Hallelujah Chorus. And peace be upon you! Separation of church and state? Not in Martin County! Nance P.S. The evening was actually lovely, mainly because DD’s boyfriend was prominently featured during the show. 🙂 |
![]() Comment by JJ December 18th, 2010 at 10:43 am |
DD has a boyfriend?? And why haven’t we been regaled with stories about him? 😉 Daryl, I’ve gotten captcha detours here, but none lately. Never did know why. To both of you about FOX versus logic and why it wins, see Head, Heart, Guts and Gonads |
![]() Comment by JJ December 18th, 2010 at 11:07 am |
“In the end, those of us who expected the crisis to provide a teachable moment were right, but not in the way we expected. Never mind relearning the case for bank regulation; what we learned, instead, is what happens when an ideology backed by vast wealth and immense power confronts inconvenient facts. And the answer is, the facts lose. “ |
![]() Comment by Nance Confer December 18th, 2010 at 4:01 pm |
DD’s boyfriends come and go. We’ll let you know if anything permanent(ish) happens. They are having fun. They met at community theater and he’s a lovely band geek we have know for years from DS’s Tae Kwon Do. Small town livin’! 🙂 |