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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: colecampbell666 on May 22, 2009, 07:46:15 pm

Title: Windmills Cause Autism (An Educational Post)
Post by: colecampbell666 on May 22, 2009, 07:46:15 pm

I've been thinking about the news lately, and reading the posts on HLP, and I've been thinking. Windmills cause Autism.

It's so simple. Look at the chart:

(http://i41.tinypic.com/i733wo.png)

Do you deny a correlation? It's so obvious. How could anyone have missed that? I don't see what this whole thing about vaccines is, everyone knows that vaccines cure diseases, they don't cause them.

I'd like to see one person refute my data. How can such a correlation not mean anything?

Title: Re: Windmills Cause Autism (An Educational Post)
Post by: Dilmah G on May 22, 2009, 07:51:39 pm

 :lol: You should do one about FS3 threads, that's a more pressing issue IMO

Title: Re: Windmills Cause Autism (An Educational Post)
Post by: Knight Templar on May 22, 2009, 08:57:57 pm

I think the OP might have autism.

Title: Re: Windmills Cause Autism (An Educational Post)
Post by: StarSlayer on May 22, 2009, 10:21:28 pm

 :wtf:

I'm afraid you have the correlation backwards good sir.  The increase in autism has led to the increase in windmills.

Title: Re: Windmills Cause Autism (An Educational Post)
Post by: Blue Lion on May 22, 2009, 10:23:09 pm

I thought the increase in autism was due to the decrease of pirates? Or was that global warming?

Title: Re: Windmills Cause Autism (An Educational Post)
Post by: portej05 on May 22, 2009, 10:40:41 pm

If you put that on a log scale, it'd look like a much closer set of curves

Title: Re: Windmills Cause Autism (An Educational Post)
Post by: BlueFlames on May 22, 2009, 10:46:47 pm

(http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/correlation.png) (http://xkcd.com/552/)

http://xkcd.com/552/

Title: Re: Windmills Cause Autism (An Educational Post)
Post by: watsisname on May 22, 2009, 11:24:37 pm

(http://i43.tinypic.com/8xip36.jpg)

I CAN HASES CORALITION?

Title: Re: Windmills Cause Autism (An Educational Post)
Post by: Grizzly on May 23, 2009, 12:14:27 am

/me simply blames the increased number of autism reports on the incompetence of those who check for it (so called false positives are increasing...)

Title: Re: Windmills Cause Autism (An Educational Post)
Post by: Ace on May 23, 2009, 01:32:06 am

One thing I see lacking on all of these charts is a regression line :p

Title: Re: Windmills Cause Autism (An Educational Post)
Post by: FreeSpaceFreak on May 23, 2009, 01:34:08 am

Heh, I thought you meant "Windmills (http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,62062.0.html) causes autism".

Title: Re: Windmills Cause Autism (An Educational Post)
Post by: karajorma on May 23, 2009, 01:54:25 am

Now THAT would be a story! :D

Title: Re: Windmills Cause Autism (An Educational Post)
Post by: Dilmah G on May 23, 2009, 03:53:49 am

Hahahah! THAT'd be interesting.

Title: Re: Windmills Cause Autism (An Educational Post)
Post by: Ghostavo on May 23, 2009, 06:15:18 am

A dozen replies and no Don Quixote reference? Shame on you!

Title: Re: Windmills Cause Autism (An Educational Post)
Post by: Mika on May 23, 2009, 06:19:17 am

Hehe, this thread could reveal more about people! I thought it was about this:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Windmill-dance.JPG

I recall that with higher momentum that movement rolls actually over your forehead, and initially when practising it one can bet one will smack his head on the floor. It is a lot more fun when it is smooth, though.

Mika

EDIT: How the **** can you get the image tags to work?

Title: Re: Windmills Cause Autism (An Educational Post)
Post by: Black Wolf on May 26, 2009, 02:55:28 am

(http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd80/AwXomeMan/morbo.jpg)

WINDMILLS DO NOT WORK THAT WAY!

Title: Re: Windmills Cause Autism (An Educational Post)
Post by: Mr. Vega on May 26, 2009, 01:06:15 pm

(http://www.venganza.org/piratesarecool4.gif)

Title: Re: Windmills Cause Autism (An Educational Post)
Post by: Scotty on May 26, 2009, 01:21:44 pm

Drop off the first point, the pirates go up after that one  :P.