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by groby_b 488 days ago
> He didn't say he has no idea what control variables are

He did say exactly that.

> They use a technique called regression analysis that, as far as I can determine, cannot be explained in a simple, intuitive way (especially not in terms of how it "controls for" confounders).

That's about as /noideadog as you can get.