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submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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remember when there used to be all these articles about how people in europe live longer than americans because they drink red wine and eat more olive oil or bullshit like that? turns out it was universal healthcare the whole time

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[–] [email protected] 53 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Hank's razor

"If an effect can be explained by socioeconomic status, it's probably that rather than the thing that you're measuring."

I mean this isn't quite the effect of socioeconomic status as much as it is the effect of removing socioeconomic status from the equation.

So actually yeah it sort of is.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

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