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Also a long history of spurious statistical correlations where you find "possible" links. e.g. for a while there was a scare for RF from overhead powerlines ca
by XorNot 3y ago
Also a long history of spurious statistical correlations where you find "possible" links.
e.g. for a while there was a scare for RF from overhead powerlines causing brain cancer.
Turns out, the issue is the statistics used to try and isolate an effect from a general population sample have bias: plug in any effect, and any grouping factor, and you'll probably observe a doubling of the risk.
This effect was the cause of a whole spate of "X may cause cancer" reports in the 2000s.
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