Comments on: 2 Things http://kateharding.net/2007/09/11/2-things/ 2007-2010 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 02:13:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: spacedcowgirl http://kateharding.net/2007/09/11/2-things/#comment-11205 Fri, 14 Sep 2007 16:29:32 +0000 http://kateharding.net/2007/09/11/2-things/#comment-11205 Your cats do rule!!

]]> By: Dorianne http://kateharding.net/2007/09/11/2-things/#comment-10813 Tue, 11 Sep 2007 23:02:21 +0000 http://kateharding.net/2007/09/11/2-things/#comment-10813 Oh yeah!?

http://tinyurl.com/2o6jcv

http://tinyurl.com/3cc7cw

Take that! (My cats rule.)

]]> By: fillyjonk http://kateharding.net/2007/09/11/2-things/#comment-10812 Tue, 11 Sep 2007 23:00:19 +0000 http://kateharding.net/2007/09/11/2-things/#comment-10812 ICE CREAM! That was the missing link. I was pretty sure that heat -> violence was the real causation, but couldn’t remember what the red herring was. Thanks Kate!

]]> By: Lindsay http://kateharding.net/2007/09/11/2-things/#comment-10808 Tue, 11 Sep 2007 22:27:36 +0000 http://kateharding.net/2007/09/11/2-things/#comment-10808 OMG SNUGGLEDOG CAMO FTW

]]> By: kateharding http://kateharding.net/2007/09/11/2-things/#comment-10807 Tue, 11 Sep 2007 22:25:08 +0000 http://kateharding.net/2007/09/11/2-things/#comment-10807 I have a special place in my heart for Stuff on My Mutt, because they made Solly famous.

]]> By: Lindsay http://kateharding.net/2007/09/11/2-things/#comment-10801 Tue, 11 Sep 2007 22:07:49 +0000 http://kateharding.net/2007/09/11/2-things/#comment-10801 I also highly recommend Stuff on my Mutt (for the dog lovers) and Stuff on my Cat (for the cat lovers).

]]> By: kateharding http://kateharding.net/2007/09/11/2-things/#comment-10799 Tue, 11 Sep 2007 22:01:50 +0000 http://kateharding.net/2007/09/11/2-things/#comment-10799 Oh, and Paul, yes, I’m aware, but if you’ve turned one person on to Daily Puppy who didn’t know it existed, it was worth the effort to link it.

]]> By: kateharding http://kateharding.net/2007/09/11/2-things/#comment-10798 Tue, 11 Sep 2007 22:01:13 +0000 http://kateharding.net/2007/09/11/2-things/#comment-10798 Fillyjonk, I know where I heard that, and it was from Melissa McEwan, who heard it in her Sociology 101 class, as an illustration of how correlation does not equal causation.

It went like this: the murder rate consistently rises at the same time as ice cream consumption. Does that mean eating ice cream causes murderous impulses? No. In fact, the two independent results are both caused by hotter temperatures.

That doesn’t mean it’s true, of course. It just means you can blame Liss for the misinformation.

]]> By: fillyjonk http://kateharding.net/2007/09/11/2-things/#comment-10791 Tue, 11 Sep 2007 21:36:07 +0000 http://kateharding.net/2007/09/11/2-things/#comment-10791 I had a funny moment today when I said “you know, I read something about how violent crime increases during heat waves,” and I had to stop and think “wait, did I hear that it does, or did I hear that people think it does but actually it’s common cause?” I’m still not sure. But it was a great illustration of the Mythbuster Principle.

]]> By: Paul http://kateharding.net/2007/09/11/2-things/#comment-10788 Tue, 11 Sep 2007 21:28:15 +0000 http://kateharding.net/2007/09/11/2-things/#comment-10788 You are aware of Daily Puppy, I hope?

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