The Greatest Fallacy that Ever Lived
Post hoc, ergo proptor hoc. Three cheers for delusion:
Has the Clean Air Act done more to fight crime than any other policy in American history? That is the claim of a new environmental theory of criminal behavior.
Oh, please.
Has the Clean Air Act done more to fight crime than any other policy in American history? That is the claim of a new environmental theory of criminal behavior.
Oh, please.
posted by Patrick Bageant at 9:08 AM
6 Comments:
I thought it was all the poor kids we aborted after Roe.
That was arguably the greatest anonymous comment of the year.
Come now PB. The article simply observes that there's a correlation between decreasing blood lead levels and criminal activity, and that the biological mechanism linking the two has been verified. A scientific hypothesis is not a "fallacy" just because its an imperfect or incomplete explanation of a phenomenon.
Removing lead from gasoline was a great thing in many ways. But causing a drop in crime? PB is right. It's more than a stretch.
"And what else floats on water?"
...she turned me in to a NEWT!...I goht bettah....
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