It's great to see this kind of point made in articles intended for the public, rather than imply causation where it has not been shown. I feel that this is a ma

It's great to see this kind of point made in articles intended for the public, rather than imply causation where it has not been shown. I feel that this is a major step forward for popular science reporting; the journalist deserves credit here. Another great example from the same article: “Risk doesn’t mean cause,” he notes. “These are risk factors helping us to understand ideological pathways — but not a cause in itself.”