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They obviously took the effect into account, at least to some extent. What do you find worrying? That they may not have dealt with it thoroughly enough? Edit:
by pygy_ 15y ago
They obviously took the effect into account, at least to some extent.
What do you find worrying? That they may not have dealt with it thoroughly enough?
Edit:
Actually, they mean that they took different study design (short-term, experimental vs long term, observational, etc...) into account.
- tedunangst 15y agoI think he's worried they didn't reach the conclusion he wanted.
- niels_olson 15y agothis. As usual, the dominant trend on HN takes the line that pediatricians, psychiatrists, etc, make weak claims about violent video games, backed up by weak evidence. In reality, its a tough public health study to do, but the effects are quite noticeable in clinic. The docs stand to gain nothing on this except maybe some additional adderall or anti-depressants, scrips, which most of us aren't very fond of writing. Maybe, just maybe, some of us might look out for the public interest. And maybe, just maybe, some computer gamers and game authors have demonstrated a pattern of turning a blind eye to evidence that doesn't satisfy their position.