puts on logic glasses
Oh look, another brilliant mind discovered that autism was identified before Tylenol existed, so obviously Tylenol can’t cause autism. That’s like saying cancer existed before radiation therapy, therefore radiation can’t cause cancer. Peak necessity/sufficiency confusion right here - apparently conditions can only have one cause and medical recognition equals temporal origin.
But hey, let’s ignore that Swedish study of 2.5 million kids that found zero causal link when they actually controlled for confounding variables using sibling comparisons. Or those other high-quality studies that show the association completely disappears once you account for genetics and family environment. Who needs actual science when you have timeline gotchas?
Meanwhile pregnant women might avoid the safest pain reliever available because some politician decided to manufacture outrage for political points. But at least someone gets to feel intellectually superior about their logical fallacy meme.
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Triumph@fedia.io 3 weeks ago
Tylenol is a brand. Acetominophen was created in 1878 (or 1852, depending on who you ask).
shalafi@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Over half of Americans read at a 6th-grade level or lower and our President speaks at a 4th-grade level. How many you suppose know Tylenol and acetaminophen are the same thing?
kautau@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Just wait till they hear what big pharma is doing with paracetamol
wewbull@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
It’s on the box.
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Ah!
There’s dihydrogen monoxide in my drinking water!
Ahhhhh!
Scubus@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Not to mention, this doesnt prove tylenol doesnt cause cancer, it just proves that tylenol isnt the only cause of cancer.
Obv it doesnt, but this argument is just bad.
pyre@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
you fucked the argument lol
RFKJrsBrainworm@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
That mother fucker is absolutely insane
abbiistabbii@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Do you think RFK knows this?