April 2010
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Correlation and Causality
My dentist today observed (as he does each six month exam) that my teeth are stained. He asked (as he does every six months) if it’s coffee, tea, or wine. I indicate I enjoy all three, but that my drinking of 60-100 oz of tea per day is the most likely culprit.
He mentioned as an anecdote that children from India and China had far fewer cavities due to their tea consumption, due to the...
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“However, a new study has found that this doesn’t seem to be the case - quasars,...”
– Discovery that quasars don’t show time dilation mystifies astronomers