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Everyone: Notice how the title says "links"? And notice how the article paper itself constantly says "associated"? But it never says "causes"? That's because t
by dynm 2y ago
Everyone: Notice how the title says "links"? And notice how the article paper itself constantly says "associated"? But it never says "causes"?
That's because this is correlational evidence.
For calibration, our best estimates are that curing all heart disease would increase life expectancy in rich countries by around 3 years. Do you really think that drinking coffee is equally good as eliminating 2/3 of all heart disease? Because that's what this study is implying is true.