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post hoc ergo propter hoc Background frequency of cancer? Background frequency of owning the most popular weed killer? Expected number of co-incidence?
by mjburgess 8y ago
post hoc ergo propter hoc
Background frequency of cancer? Background frequency of owning the most popular weed killer? Expected number of co-incidence?
- refurb 8y agoHow do you do that on an individual level? Even people who smoke that get cancer don’t know whether it was the smoking or not. Plenty of people who don’t smoke get lung cancer too. I’ve never seen a cause of cancer determined beyond population analyses or someone having a specific gene where the rate of cancer development is near 100%. Edit: I should also add extremely rare cancers where people have been exposed to a known causal agent. Like mesothelioma and asbestos.