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The "obvious" correlations are the ones that need to be questioned the most.
by raincole 4y ago
The "obvious" correlations are the ones that need to be questioned the most.
- peteradio 4y agoAre we certain punching ourselves in the face is causing the bruising? It's almost too obvious and therefore necessitates extra scrutiny.
- dudeofea 4y agoI'm glad I'm on the "right" "side" of "history"
- 23B1 4y ago"I understand you think the water is wet and the sky is blue – but what does wet mean? What does blue mean?" Great questions for interesting philosophical and academic debate. Silly questions for deciding how to, say, raise kids.
- Tokkemon 4y agoWay to totally miss the point.
- 23B1 4y agoHow so?
- lotsofpulp 4y agoNeither of your examples are inferring causation from correlation, they are just questions about how to define wet and blue.
- 23B1 4y agoYes, but they're obvious things that could be dissected ad nauseam in the course of academic – as opposed to pragmatic – discourse. Water is wet, sky is blue, obsessive social media use is bad. I understand this is HN and the Internet, and so niggling academic arguments are fun and all, but sometimes it's okay for the obvious to be uncontroversial.
- pb7 4y agoFor what it's worth, I'm with you. Worst case is we somehow dwindle phone usage and it turns out that that wasn't the issue -- hardly a tragedy. Even if it doesn't affect mood/mental health, the time savings alone will be worth something.