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You're clearly wrong as it relates to the post you're responding to. This one data point is going to get him to engage in a behavior that's healthier than the o
by awillen 4y ago
You're clearly wrong as it relates to the post you're responding to. This one data point is going to get him to engage in a behavior that's healthier than the one he otherwise would've been engaged in, which is clearly good. Thus, the data point is useful!
Not everything his to be a double blind study showing significant effects to be useful.
- avgDev 4y agoWell, from the one data point @eesmith provided, I'm picking up smoking as it must have done SOMETHIN for that guy.
- eesmith 4y ago> behavior that's healthier You presume it's healthier. Suppose that 99.99% of the 80+ year-olds who try this end up breaking their leg, getting a heart attack, etc., and this one data point is from the 0.01% which benefits. Likely not - but that's why we have double blind studies.
- outworlder 4y agoWe _know_ it's 'healthier' than drinking and playing video games.
- eesmith 4y agoYes, because we have far more than one data point. Nor am I going to take up smoking because a 111 year old smokes them regularly.