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by sowbug 2714 days ago
Yeah, that's basically it.

Not that we need analogies (yet) in this discussion, but if someone dies in a plane crash, their autopsy report will probably say something like "blunt-force trauma to the brain" as cause of death. That is absolutely correct, but it's also absolutely true that the person would still be dead even if the Flying Spaghetti Monster had intervened and prevented the blunt-force trauma to the person's brain.

Delete Facebook/Instagram from the world, and kids will still be anxious.