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Re: On Games and Dental Health |
Apr 6, 2010, 02:46 |
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So, that's why Blue and I have bad teeth problems.  |
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Re: On Games and Dental Health |
Apr 5, 2010, 16:37 |
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Longswd wrote on Apr 5, 2010, 15:30:
What's even more interesting is this demonstrates that researchers still do not understand the logical fallacy being committed in that correlation is not causation.
Well... TFA doesn't necessarily give an accurate description of what the research claimed. When they start quoting the researcher, the quotes are all about snacking being the causation. |
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Re: On Games and Dental Health |
Apr 5, 2010, 16:31 |
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The article says that teens have a tendency to snack while they play video games and that snacking without brushing afterwords has a tendency to cause more tooth decay.
They might as well have said "Dinner is associated with eating which causes tooth decay if not followed by brushing."
What a stupid study.
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Re: On Games and Dental Health |
Apr 5, 2010, 15:52 |
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The study comes from the British Dental Health Foundation, who are choosing to focus on the threat to UK teeth from video games, rather than lack of dental services
Nice point Blue, and it's pretty much on the money except for one minor caveat - it's a shortage of NHS dentists that's the problem, as there are more than enough private dentists who are willing to fleece you of your money to fix your teeth. That's pure anathema to me, as we already pay our taxes to subsidise the service that NHS dentists are supposed to provide at a modest cost. |
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Re: On Games and Dental Health |
Apr 5, 2010, 15:30 |
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What's even more interesting is this demonstrates that researchers still do not understand the logical fallacy being committed in that correlation is not causation.
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| I don't always drink carbonated Mexican rat piss, but when I do, I prefer Dos Equis. |
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Re: On Games and Dental Health |
Apr 5, 2010, 15:02 |
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Apparently kids who play soccer and chow through a bag of jelly-beans at half-time, thus developing a cavity, can still be blamed on videogames.
Nice job, WalesOnline. Correlation, Causality, no relationship whatsoever, eh, it's all the same, right?
Cunts.
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Re: On Games and Dental Health |
Apr 5, 2010, 14:39 |
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Then in the next paragraph it's admitted that controlling sugary snacks is the resolution and really the only way games are involved is that some people snack at the same time.
but that's too complex to make a catchy headline. plus the sugar lobby is huge, way bigger than the video game lobby (the sugar lobby is the main reason the US still doesn't trade with Cuba)
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Re: On Games and Dental Health |
Apr 5, 2010, 13:56 |
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BobBob wrote on Apr 5, 2010, 11:11:
Is this cause and effect or correlation? I can see it being correlation considering that a great deal of gamers are morbidly obese and unhealthy. Ah but in modern times correlation does imply causation! Though here they're also confusing associated behaviour for causation, and doing the usual trick of taking shortcuts that don't exist:
1. Playing games sometimes involves consuming more sugary snacks which can lead to worse teeth
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2. Playing games sometimes involves consuming more sugary snacks which can lead to worse teeth
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3. Playing games sometimes involves consuming more sugary snacks which can lead to worse teeth
Note though that the above is usually presented in the reverse - TFA is a good example of this. The very first line is "HOURS spent playing on computer games could be as damaging for children’s teeth as their overall health and fitness" while about 2/3 of the way down it's looking more similar to my first step: "The study ... suggested dietary habits leading to decay are associated with screen activities and that computer games, if associated with increased snacking are associated with decay experience."
Then in the next paragraph it's admitted that controlling sugary snacks is the resolution and really the only way games are involved is that some people snack at the same time. |
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Re: On Games and Dental Health |
Apr 5, 2010, 12:35 |
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Yeah, lack of dental services definitely has a lot to do with it. But if you can't even brush your teeth at least once a day than tough titty for you.
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Re: On Games and Dental Health |
Apr 5, 2010, 11:41 |
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| I find this amusing since yesterday a tooth ache started up on me. Then I come here this morning with still a bit of pain and see this lol. |
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Re: On Games and Dental Health |
Apr 5, 2010, 11:34 |
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| In my case I was too depressed and busy playing Quake to be bothered with brushing my teeth. |
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Re: On Games and Dental Health |
Apr 5, 2010, 11:11 |
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| Is this cause and effect or correlation? I can see it being correlation considering that a great deal of gamers are morbidly obese and unhealthy. |
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