somebody having credibility and a PhD doesnt mean that a statistical analysis is truth. anybody who has taken basic undergrad stats learned, probably in the first month, about how you can use different margins of error among other things to make the results come out a particular way. not saying this guy did but just because this came out saying a. it didnt help and b. it actually hurt is all chance.

one thing i never understood is why people who chose to live without religion (and that's fine by me, whatever works for you) have this big problem with religion, like they are so much smarter than those of us with any level of faith. friggin stupid. yep, you all know something we dont know

maybe we should find some doctors with strong Christian values to do a statistical analysis about the lifespan of people who follow no religion. i'd bet every penny that i earn for the rest of my working life that the numbers they come up with prove that all you agnostic/atheistic people die younger. does that make it so? not necessarily but hey look, read the numbers they say its true!!!

statistics should be a required core college course, i dont care what your program is. it would save a lot of people from being suckered throughout their lives.