[gsf_emergency]

I'm saying it's due to NZs very clean air and water compared to even OZ, did you even click

(Don't get me started on BRICS)

[alephnerd]

I read it this weekend. It was dumb then, and it's dumb now. Correlation does not imply causation - this is taught in the first week of high school statistics.

The significant amount of superfund sites also confounds with mass industry, which can make the epigenetic theory moot.

[gsf_emergency]

It makes a falsifiable prediction tho: compared to the other BRICS China is gonna tank

[blitzar]

> compared to the other BRICS China is gonna tank

I recall these predictions 10-15 years ago. Since then, for all the advantages every other country had compared to the China, the other BRICS have gone nowhere relatively speaking.

[wordofx]

China is lucky that it can print money and fudge some numbers.

[blitzar]

Every country can and does

[wordofx]

lol no they don’t.

[alephnerd]

Ever heard of an RCT?

[gsf_emergency]

Defo not heard of one that tests national economies :)