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Also explains why so many people think vaccines cause autism. "I vaccinated my child and 6 months later he was diagnosed with autism. Cause and effect!"
by esoterica 7y ago
Also explains why so many people think vaccines cause autism.
"I vaccinated my child and 6 months later he was diagnosed with autism. Cause and effect!"
- mjburgess 7y agoShame about your downvotes -- I guess people don't want to believe that vac. scepticism can be a reasonable conclusion from limited evidence. Well: it is. Autism is a childhood disorder (therefore) whose symptoms usually follow vaccination. It is not unreasonable to hypothesize a causal link. It may be unreasonable to maintain it in light of other evidence (eg., no difference in rate amongst the non-vax'd). But people don't live in the macro (ie., comparative contexts) they live in the micro (ie., their own experience). And its hard to communicate macros to micros.
- rimliu 7y agoa.k.a. post hoc ergo propter hoc