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IlyaShpitser comments on Starting University Advice Repository - Less Wrong Discussion

12 Post author: Bryan-san 03 December 2015 11:51PM

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Comment author: IlyaShpitser 06 December 2015 01:13:24AM *  -1 points [-]

No you can't conclude that. I am glad we had this chat.

Comment author: VoiceOfRa 06 December 2015 05:32:57AM 4 points [-]

No you can't conclude that.

So you're saying that the fact that all these traits are correlated is a complete coincidence?

Comment author: IlyaShpitser 06 December 2015 05:45:04AM *  0 points [-]

Look Eugene, I am not super interested in getting into an internet argument with you and your army of downvoting sockpuppets. What I am saying is you don't understand how causality is concluded from data. Maybe you should read about it sometime.

Comment author: VoiceOfRa 06 December 2015 09:23:29PM 8 points [-]

Oh, I do. How about you read up on IQ research sometime.