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Gay men have higher cancer risk?
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I'm getting tired of these correlation studies, they are just thrown around with second intentions and revolve mostly around cancer because it's something we don't really know how it happens. And the worst is that the average stupid person has no idea that correlation doesn't imply causation (and could be completly far from it, as it's case for ice creams and drowning).

I mean, adjusting your sample size, confidence interval and tampering with where and how you choose your study group it's easy to correlate anything with anything.
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Gay men have higher cancer risk? - by Satellite - 2011-05-10, 08:53 AM
Gay men have higher cancer risk? - by KhainiWest - 2011-05-10, 09:08 AM
Gay men have higher cancer risk? - by OB3LISK - 2011-05-10, 09:16 AM
Gay men have higher cancer risk? - by Eos - 2011-05-10, 09:22 AM
Gay men have higher cancer risk? - by Panacea - 2011-05-10, 09:29 AM
Gay men have higher cancer risk? - by Satellite - 2011-05-10, 09:32 AM
Gay men have higher cancer risk? - by KhainiWest - 2011-05-10, 09:36 AM
Gay men have higher cancer risk? - by OB3LISK - 2011-05-10, 09:37 AM
Gay men have higher cancer risk? - by Shidoshi - 2011-05-10, 10:09 AM
Gay men have higher cancer risk? - by Blake - 2011-05-10, 10:10 AM
Gay men have higher cancer risk? - by KhainiWest - 2011-05-10, 10:16 AM
Gay men have higher cancer risk? - by Shidoshi - 2011-05-10, 10:24 AM
Gay men have higher cancer risk? - by Eos - 2011-05-10, 10:59 AM
Gay men have higher cancer risk? - by FrozNlite - 2011-05-10, 11:00 AM
Gay men have higher cancer risk? - by OB3LISK - 2011-05-10, 11:28 AM
Gay men have higher cancer risk? - by KhainiWest - 2011-05-10, 11:33 AM
Gay men have higher cancer risk? - by Mute - 2011-05-10, 12:29 PM
Gay men have higher cancer risk? - by Mark - 2011-05-10, 12:37 PM
Gay men have higher cancer risk? - by Zelkova - 2011-05-10, 02:23 PM
Gay men have higher cancer risk? - by Dudewitbow - 2011-05-10, 03:01 PM
Gay men have higher cancer risk? - by OB3LISK - 2011-05-10, 03:02 PM
Gay men have higher cancer risk? - by Tay - 2011-05-10, 04:37 PM
Gay men have higher cancer risk? - by Mute - 2011-05-10, 05:22 PM
Gay men have higher cancer risk? - by Kalovale - 2011-05-10, 06:47 PM
Gay men have higher cancer risk? - by TheBirds - 2011-05-10, 06:52 PM
Gay men have higher cancer risk? - by Zelkova - 2011-05-10, 06:55 PM
Gay men have higher cancer risk? - by Daku - 2011-05-10, 09:52 PM
Gay men have higher cancer risk? - by Cyadd - 2011-05-10, 10:21 PM

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