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Correlation, causation, propaganda?
by draugadrotten 11y ago
Correlation, causation, propaganda?
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- gtf21 11y agoThe article does not seem to be suggesting that marijuana has improved road safety (have you actually read it?) > These figures in and of themselves only indicate that the roads are getting safer; they don’t suggest that pot had anything to do with it The author is merely trying to put to rest the idea that marijuana legalisation => loads of stoned drivers causing accidents.
- zxcvcxz 11y agoIs anyone claiming that Marijuana legalization caused the decrease in traffic accidents? From what I understand the anti-marijuana people were claiming traffic fatalities would rise, and this proves them wrong. It's funny that the anti-marijuana people are screaming "correlation doesn't imply causation", but you know for sure they would be blaming marijuana as the cause had fatalities increased.
- tinalumfoil 11y agoI don't even understand how these could be related, or how anyone could think these are related. Marijuana is known to make people drive worse. This is classic example of post hoc fallacy [0]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_hoc_ergo_propter_hoc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_hoc_ergo_propter_hoc