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heart disease is the leading cause of death in the country.
people need to smoke more so they get lung cancer to bring it down0 -
Oh look, it's someone conflating correlation and causality again.
Except this time, there isn't even correlation.0 -
hmmm... meat and corn will kill me. got it.0
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Bump to read later.
ETA: Is that 200 pounds of boneless meat per person in a year? I'm pretty sure I eat way more than that not including the 8 dozen eggs every week.
eggs are not meat
Then what are they, exactly? What food group do they fall in?0 -
hmmm... meat and corn will kill me. got it.
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However, correlation isn't causation; there's medical advances, a more abundant supply of food, cheaper food, even provision of food stamps to take into account.
^^^ Yup. More medical screenings, diagnostic testing, better understanding of disease processes, increased focus on preventive care, health insurance, access to care, better understanding of nutrition, vitamins, food safety regulations, work place safety regulations...0 -
Interesting that meat consumption is trending down as life expectancy is trending up.
No it isn't. The life expectancy graph ends at 2000. The meat consumption one a decade later. Like I said, compare the same period on both graphs.
And as has already been posted, that doesn't actually mean a great deal in isolation, anyhow. But at least I compared like with like.0 -
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Interesting that meat consumption is trending down as life expectancy is trending up.
No it isn't. The life expectancy graph ends at 2000. The meat consumption one a decade later. Like I said, compare the same period on both graphs.
And as has already been posted, that doesn't actually mean a great deal in isolation, anyhow. But at least I compared like with like.
No. I'm telling you to compare equal periods on the two graphs. Whilst your conclusions may be accurate or inaccurate, at least you'll be following good practice by taking information from the same timescale.0 -
No. I'm telling you to compare equal periods on the two graphs. Whilst your conclusions may be accurate or inaccurate, at least you'll be following good practice by taking information from the same timescale.0
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Aside from the fact that you are still conflating correlation with causality, line graphs are inappropriate for discrete data, as are trend lines.0 -
Aside from the fact that you are still conflating correlation with causality, line graphs are inappropriate for discrete data, as are trend lines.
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By the way, I couldn't give a flying fudge what anyone believes about the affect of meat consumption on cardiovascular health. It just irks me when I see graphs and statistics misused (which is admittedly pretty much anytime someone uses graphs and/or statistics).
Though I note that you've not drawn any conclusions from your graphs, so perhaps you're just throwing them up to troll.0 -
<looks back at diary from last two weeks>
Well that's me screwed. I'll be staying away from large bodies of water for a while.0 -
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Wow. I think this plays in (pun intended)
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I call your meat consumption vs. life expectancy and raise you a # of pirates vs. global temperature.
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I'm looking at this and this doesn't make any sense. One has to do with life expectancy which increased due to better hygene and medication and second is meat consumption which just increased due to better medication for our livestock and mass production.
I love meat and all but this is the same as me saying "oh that pregnant woman looked at me. I'm now married to her and that baby is mine"0 -
I LIKE GRAPHS
THEY R FUN AND MAKE ME FEEL MORE SMARTER THAN YEWWWWWWW
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However, correlation isn't causation; there's medical advances, a more abundant supply of food, cheaper food, even provision of food stamps to take into account.
^^^ Yup. More medical screenings, diagnostic testing, better understanding of disease processes, increased focus on preventive care, health insurance, access to care, better understanding of nutrition, vitamins, food safety regulations, work place safety regulations...
this. OP's post was a straw man0
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