I don't think swombat was trying to argue that. It seemed to me like he was just using it as an example of another plausible, though not necessarily true, expla

I don't think swombat was trying to argue that. It seemed to me like he was just using it as an example of another plausible, though not necessarily true, explanation for the data. The article says that "Statistics show X, obviously Y is the cause" and swombot is saying "Not so fast, there could be many explanations for X. Z would result with the same statistics"