Don't blast your music! You'll start drinking and using drugs next!

Blasting music tied to excessive drinking and drug use.

Having personally known a fair number of people who drink, use drugs are promiscuous and like to party I have to say i think this study is not only a "duh" but also backwards. Loud music is usually done at parties to add to the atmosphere and the reason for having parties is stereotypically drinking, drug use and getting laid. Not always obviously though but there is a statistical correlation.

For those of you who actually give a shit I'm curious what your thoughts are.

I don't understand why journalists continually confuse correlation with cause.

I would like to see a greater emphasis on statistics in school. And lots of other subjects.

?? In this case, at least: they didn't.

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I mean, let's actually read the article before criticizing it.

Oh I read the article and I'm not criticizing it but the fact that the study itself was made is what's at question here. I guess I should have clarified that point but yeah, why is it that some people look for causes that in reality don't actually exist? Clearly the author of the article thought of that but I'm not so sure the sponsors of the study did.

I'm listening to techno and it makes want to do X. True story.

Just to restate:

Put as blandly as this, it's hardly unsurprising that they found what they found.

Three great tastes that go together. Who knew?

He knew...

The article doesn't explicitly state that there is some sort of a causal relationship, in fact, it says:

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But hey, isn't that kind of already obvious that all those things go together? Is this what they are seriously concerned about researching?

So if I understand these research findings correctly, we can make the following predictions...

- if a 'researcher' were to approach some hypothetical young peeples and play some music to them loudly (say for example, "Rock Around the Clock", a fine rock and roll song with which most young peeples are doubtless familiar), the likely outcome would be that the aforementioned hypothetical young peeples would respond by offering sex and drugz to the 'researcher'

- if a 'researcher' were to approach some hypothetical young peeples and offer them sex and drugz, the likely outcome would be that the aforementioned hypothetical young peeples would respond by playing loud music to the 'researcher'

I know when I'm walking down the street, and someone drives by blaring their music, I always drop my pants and start salivating for some mind-altering chemicals. That's normal, right? I feel more normal now that this study has vindicated me.

Too late. . .