Scientific studies have discovered a direct, positive correlation between eating ice cream and the occurrence of massive urban riots. Why?
2006-10-18 16:34:06 · 6 answers · asked by Liz P 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
Have you seen the movie "Do the right thing" by Spike Lee? In the film a riot breaks out in summer. The sweltering heat makes people uncomfortable. This heat reveals already pre existing issues the people have with the police, and a Pizza Parlor. The HEAT broke down their barriers. Because they were hot and sweaty and uncomfortable, they began to reveal there issues in place of hiding them. I think most people eat ice cream when it is hot. When it is hot, people are upset and uncomfortable and less tactful. When they are less tactful they reveal hidden issues. When issues are revealed but not dealt with we have a riot! If you look at riots and the season they happen in I bet you will find they might happen on hot days(which explains the ice cream). If I'm hot, I can be a bit grumpy. I was already mad at someone to begin with, well poor them. Or it could be a coincidence.
2006-10-18 17:00:44 · answer #1 · answered by pinacoladasundae 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is a falsity of scientific data.
As variable in a test increases, it may very well be that the other variable increases.
So, if X increases and Y increases, doesn't that mean they have a correlation with each other?
The answer is simply no.
Just because as ice cream consumption increases so does rioting does not mean that ice cream has any effect whatsoever on the number of riots.
There are a miriad of other variables that may increase riots: social conditions, police brutality, unemployment, poverty, and etc. Inorder to assert the ice cream theory, one would have to rule out all of these elements too. It wouldn't be the case, though. One of these listed causes more riots, not ice cream.
Finding a correlation between two variables does not mean that they have anything to do with each other.
2006-10-18 16:41:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The first rule of statistical science is that correlation does not and cannot imply causation.
2006-10-18 16:37:48 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
don't believe every so called scientific study they are often
manipulated or improperly ascribe results . don't be mislead
by dropping your skepticism just because they claim to be scientific . how are they financed ? and who corroborates
their results?
2006-10-18 16:40:18 · answer #4 · answered by dogpatch USA 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can equate lots of 2 unrelated actions, not all science is real.
2006-10-18 16:36:02 · answer #5 · answered by Chainsaw 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Brain freeze?
2006-10-18 16:37:26 · answer #6 · answered by scarlettt_ohara 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋