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Correlation isn't causation, and 20 people is a tiny study. I imagine people with early musical training are wealthier on average, and wealthier people are hea
by chubot 12y ago
Correlation isn't causation, and 20 people is a tiny study.
I imagine people with early musical training are wealthier on average, and wealthier people are healthier.
I'd like this to be true since I've played music for 30 years, but this is junky headline science.
- johnloeber 12y agoOn another note: bad statistical inference seems to be more common in articles with clickbait headlines.
- threatofrain 12y agoIf people are upvoted for presenting a news article on a single study, then we're going to end up with very ping-pong ball style discussions on science.