• Windex007@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    That is one of the most brutal claims of correlation I’ve ever seen, those two graphs are offset by 23 years.

    Edit: not disputing leaded gas is bad for you, it for sure is.

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      1 year ago

      The theory is that lead is extremely bad for developing minds. Hence the roughly 20 year offset. Kids exposed to it grew up to be a little nastier. Fully formed minds aren’t as susceptible.

      Again, I’m not an expert, but I’d be shocked if breathing in lead wasn’t really really bad.

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        1 year ago

        Lead is really bad for you.

        But you’ve now made the leap from correlation to causation on what was already an incredibly shaky premise.

        They are distinct concepts. We can agree that lead is bad for you without trying to bring murder rates into it.