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Comment on Smartphones arrived just before the US fertility rate plunged. One study says it’s a direct cause. in ~health
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Comment on Tildes Survey #9: How optimistic are you about the future? in ~talk
Kilgore_Trout LinkI answered "very pessimistic" for each question. My reason is simple and sad and irrefutable. I hate it. I accept it. When my mother was born the world population was 2.5 billion. When I was born...I answered "very pessimistic" for each question.
My reason is simple and sad and irrefutable. I hate it. I accept it.
When my mother was born the world population was 2.5 billion. When I was born it was 4 billion. When I got out of high school is was 5.6 billion. Today they say it's 8.6 billion.
I think that number is low but hey.. I may be stupid.
What I know is that when we can't make enough food for everyone we won't get together and make a plan and do the right thing. I know someone will decide to just kill the other people so we can survive.
Then and us. Someones tribe will kill someones else's tribe.
I'd like to say I am above this but I know I am not. It'll be them, not us.
I know I'm not one of the good people. I'm just normal. That's the problem.
Correlation does not imply causation
Colloquially it's often "Correlation is not causation."
Anyone who has taken an intro Logic, Sociology or Statistics class knows this. Hopefully they understood it. Often they do not.
"Dinosaurs couldn't read. Now they are extinct." is a true statement. Do we really think these facts are related?
Smartphones and lowered fertility may correlate. Is one the cause of the other? To say "Yes" without some serious proof is a logical fallacy. There are so many other variables. This analysis ignores them, because it's stupid.