4 ms·
[1] says "Craving and chewing ice (pagophagia) is often associated with iron deficiency,", not what you claimed which is the opposite. As far as I can see, the
by C4stor 6y ago
[1] says "Craving and chewing ice (pagophagia) is often associated with iron deficiency,", not what you claimed which is the opposite.
As far as I can see, there's no indication on this page as to how frequently iron deficiency leads to ice chewing.
- afarrell 6y ago> which is the opposite Huh? Are you saying that my source claims that chewing ice causes anemia?
- C4stor 6y agoNo ^^ Your source says the chewing ice is a known symptom of anemia, but does not say how prevalent this symptom is in anemia-affected people. So from that source you can't conclude that anemia "often" leads to chewing ice, it may very well be quite rare. Abstractly, "A is often a consequence B" does not logically goes to "B often leads to A". To use an extreme exemple, crossing paths with polar bears (chewing ice) is generally linked with dieing (anemia), but death is quite rarely caused by crossing paths with polar bears.
- afarrell 6y agoOkay....yes. Yes that is a correct statement about logic. It also seems to miss the central point of my metaphor.