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BrokenEye3 t1_j9kt958 wrote

Now I'm no statistician (thank god), but I wonder if it might have less to do with any of those factors on their own than with the very fact that there are multiple factors that could potentially result in you being more likely to die around your birthday.

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lostfromwandering t1_j9kwwh5 wrote

What do you think “variously attributed” means?

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substantial-freud t1_j9r1p7l wrote

Not that!

“Attribute”, as the word suggests, means to regard something or someone as the cause of something else.

If a phenomenon is “variously attributed” is that there are various theories about the cause, not necessarily that there are several causes.

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BrokenEye3 t1_j9l1aij wrote

"Attributed to different factors depending on who you ask"? That's what it usually means, anyway.

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lostfromwandering t1_j9pqbqs wrote

Lol no. It is saying there are multiple factors contributing to the statistical difference.

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