[yeeetz]

This is a published journal article that took those covariates into account. Off-hand comments dismissing articles with a correlation vs. causation quip is so expected and tiresome, especially since you can make these comments without reading the actual article.

[bloodyplonker22]

It's interesting how you can condescendingly say "took these covariates into account" without even thinking about how many outside variables there are that they simply cannot take into account because there are obviously too many. Most people don't think too much and just read articles and take anything in writing as the truth.

[ncmncm]

"Most people", particularly, who make knee-jerk "correl- not causation" trolls for HN points.

You played yourself.