> He didn't say he has no idea what control variables are He did say exactly that. > They use a technique called regression analysis that, as far as I can det

> He didn't say he has no idea what control variables are He did say exactly that. > They use a technique called regression analysis that, as far as I can determine, cannot be explained in a simple, intuitive way (especially not in terms of how it "controls for" confounders). That's about as /noideadog as you can get.