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This might be the worst real example of a jump to conclusions based on a casual correlation I have seen in my entire life. I don't even know how to properly de
by dangus 3y ago
This might be the worst real example of a jump to conclusions based on a casual correlation I have seen in my entire life.
I don't even know how to properly deconstruct how irresponsible this style of thinking is, it's just so flabbergasting.
In science you can't just draw lines on the wall between random shit like you're Charlie Day in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
ACT scores are very obviously not a product of your raw brain power as an isolated variable, they include a number of other factors like how much sleep you got last night, your family life, the quality of your curriculum and teachers, your socioeconomic status of yourself and your peers, and, of course, whether you spent a year in a global pandemic emergency while your school district scrambled to switch to a fully online curriculum with zero notice.
There is a very well-documented labor shortage for air traffic controllers. Fewer people are covering the same shifts - that is fact. If we are going to ignore the scientific method and start pointing fingers, this is so much more obviously the type of thing to start scapegoating.
- 10u152 3y agoNot sure of the specifics, but often shortage of labour leads to lowering of standards of training/min experience required as well.
- astrostl 3y ago> potentially concerning > This might be the worst real example of a jump to conclusions based on a casual correlation I have seen in my entire life. I don't even know how to properly deconstruct how irresponsible this style of thinking is, it's just so flabbergasting. Exactly who is jumping to conclusions in this exchange? I used the words "potentially concerning" because that is what I thought and intended to express. I could have used words like "causally disastrous" instead, but they weren't what I thought or intended to express. I am also not smuggling in such a claim in a "just asking questions" sort of way. I think the potential exists, should be studied, and shouldn't be reflexively admitted or dismissed until studied. That's all. Please respond to what people actually say, and ask questions if what they said wasn't clear to you.
- dangus 3y agoI read your comment carefully. I think it projects more confidence in the theory than you might realize. The word “potentially” is the lone word that makes any attempt to pump the brakes.