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by pessimizer 1344 days ago
Or: If you compare a group of people who never get colonoscopies with a group of people containing many who do get colonoscopies, the same number of people die.

Imagine two cages filled with identical mice. One you drop some food into, and the other you don't. They starve to death at the same rate. Surprised?