Of all the kinds of stupid that exist out there, certainly it’s the predictable stupid that is the most frustrating. And of all the kinds of predictable stupid that exist, one of the most pre…
  • yarr@feddit.nlEnglish
    24·
    1 month ago

    Violent crime has decreased since the 1990s as video games (including violent ones) have continued to grow in popularity. If anything, this establishes that violent video games prevent violent crime.

    • PieMePlenty@lemmy.worldEnglish
      31·
      1 month ago

      Correlation is not causation. I agree that vidya doesn’t cause crime, but the correlation is not proof of that.

      • yarr@feddit.nlEnglish
        1·
        1 month ago

        Right, so then the original article would also be untrue (or at least not provable just by observing both numbers).