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> That's because the existence of outliers doesn't disprove the existence of a trend. Yeah, exactly. Either way it proves nothing about a person or their life.

• margalabargala 4y ago
  It means the person you originally replied to was correct to call it a "danger", because while it doesn't preclude the possibility of success as you noted, it does make it less likely for a given individual.
  • iamdbtoo 4y ago
    No, it doesn't. It just proves the whole point is meaningless. There are successes and failures in both weed users and non-weed users, so you can't use that as a variable for anything. Interepting it that way just always casts judgement on the user.
    • margalabargala 4y ago
      > There are successes and failures in both weed users and non-weed users, so you can't use that as a variable for anything. That's not how that works. The existence of both successes and failures in weed users does not prevent a comparison of the rates of successes and failures between weed users and non-weed-users. Making the above comparison and noting that successes per capita are lower in weed users of an otherwise identical demographic doesn't cast judgement on anyone.