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It's completely impossible to prove that eating some food X caused someone's death. Also, anything can kill you if you have otherwise poor health and eat enough
by notfed 4y ago
It's completely impossible to prove that eating some food X caused someone's death. Also, anything can kill you if you have otherwise poor health and eat enough of it, including apples.
- londons_explore 4y agoNo, but you can take data on 1 million customers of food X, and see how many died, vs the non-customers. Sure, there will be ways to game the system, like "Buy 6 of this soda and get free gym membership!". But is that a bad thing?
- notfed 4y agoI disagree, because... correlation does not imply causation. Does ice cream cause skin cancer?
- londons_explore 4y agoThe great thing about this is it doesn't matter if the cause is correlation or causation. Either way, companies will be incentivized to make their food and customer base healthier.
- PuppyTailWags 4y ago> No, but you can take data on 1 million customers of food X, and see how many died, vs the non-customers. This is actually extremely difficult to isolate that the food X has a causal link to lifespan. Consider the amount of research and scale of research needed to evaluate the safety of cigarettes, which I can guarantee you has a significantly greater effect on lifespan than any possible food eaten.