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>it's no different than saying that Lamy make the book American Gods possible I have to say I think this is a pretty big leap. True, you can't do a controlled
by oddlyaromatic 9y ago
>it's no different than saying that Lamy make the book American Gods possible
I have to say I think this is a pretty big leap. True, you can't do a controlled experiment with no McDonald's in the market to see what would have happened. But that doesn't mean you immediately throw up your hands and say "no useful or meaningful knowledge to be gained here because we can't do an impossible study." You might not get to 100% certainty but you can definitely figure some stuff out about how things are probably working, and the magnitude of the impact of the McDonald's system.
- icebraining 9y agoYou're agreeing with me :) that's the "without that analysis" part of my post. I just don't see it in that article.
- oddlyaromatic 9y agoI'm not sure. The statement, without analysis, still makes a kind of independently true point (more millionaires made) and would lend itself to reasoning through. The statement you compare it with is obviously false and no amount of analysis could change that. I dunno. Not a huge deal in any case :)