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Well, in some cases we know that they do. Dementia is linked to diabetes. And diabetes risk is increased for African-Americans. And African-Americans live in h
by romaaeterna 1y ago
Well, in some cases we know that they do.
Dementia is linked to diabetes. And diabetes risk is increased for African-Americans. And African-Americans live in high-pollution urban areas for entirely historical reasons.
So some amount of the causation here does go in the way opposite to what a person might naively suspect.
- JumpCrisscross 1y ago> Dementia is linked to diabetes. And diabetes risk is increased for African-Americans. And African-Americans live in high-pollution urban areas for entirely historical reasons A is correlated with B. B is causally correlated with C, i.e. C causes B. (C is correlated with D.) Hence C causes A. Let’s replace. Flowers are correlated with bees. Bees are caused by hives. (Hives are correlated with trees.) Hence, hives cause flowers. Loosely, yes. Formally, no.
- romaaeterna 1y agoWe know that diabetes causes some amount of dementia and that flowers cause no amount of bees. And so on. Your example is specious, and obviously so.
- jvanderbot 1y agoOutlive (book) talks extensively about dementia risk and Alzheimer's as "type 3 diabetes".