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But that's exactly why this is so interesting. You take a set of people with extremely similar genetics but somehow have very different reactions. I suppose a

But that's exactly why this is so interesting. You take a set of people with extremely similar genetics but somehow have very different reactions. I suppose a technical (albeit not precise) analogy would be you producing 100 servers and selling half to both AWS and Azure. Then you find out that 25 of the servers at Azure are overheating and dying while AWS doesn't seem to have this problem at all. So you look into it and find that AWS is air-cooling their systems while Azure isn't. Sure you could argue post post hoc ergo propter hoc but you'd also probably call the folks at Azure and tell them to install an air-cooling system. Extrapolating that to your point, you're saying it would be "shit" to tell the folks at Azure to install the air-cooling because you didn't test this acrossa majority of servers you've produced. The folks at Azure would point the incredible similarities (this is the same server model, the same chips, the same manufacturing run etc.) and then would promptly find another vendor.

soperj 4y ago
> But that's exactly why this is so interesting. You take a set of people with extremely similar genetics but somehow have very different reactions. Or it's based on a hundred different other things than when they first tried peanut butter.
- rabidonrails 4y ago
  Your point of anything is possible is always and forever true. The point here is that there seems to be a strong correlation between people eating Bamba and no peanut allergy. How can we develop a control group? Oh wait, there is a group of people that have the same genetics but doesn't consistently eat this...perhaps there's a connection. The goal is to see if we can show a correlation/causation.
  - soperj 4y ago
    As always, correlation is not causation, and when you have a large group of people who actually changes their behaviour and starts to feed their children peanut butter early and it has no effect whatsoever you can begin to rule out the theory that was based on a small sample size of a distinct population.

soperj 4y ago

> But that's exactly why this is so interesting. You take a set of people with extremely similar genetics but somehow have very different reactions. Or it's based on a hundred different other things than when they first tried peanut butter.

rabidonrails 4y ago
Your point of anything is possible is always and forever true. The point here is that there seems to be a strong correlation between people eating Bamba and no peanut allergy. How can we develop a control group? Oh wait, there is a group of people that have the same genetics but doesn't consistently eat this...perhaps there's a connection. The goal is to see if we can show a correlation/causation.
- soperj 4y ago
  As always, correlation is not causation, and when you have a large group of people who actually changes their behaviour and starts to feed their children peanut butter early and it has no effect whatsoever you can begin to rule out the theory that was based on a small sample size of a distinct population.