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[[A person is holding a cellphone. The black hat guy is sitting at a desk with a laptop.]]
Person: Another huge study found no evidence that cell phones cause cancer. What was the W.H.O. thinking?
Black Hat Guy: I think they just got it backward.
[[The black hat guy swivels in his chair, holding the laptop by the upper edge of the screen.]]
Person: Huh?
Black Hat Guy: Well, take a look.
[[There is a plot of total cancer incidence and cell phone users. Cancer rises from 1970 to 1990, then stays relatively steady. Cell phone use rises from 1980 to the present.]]
Person: You're not... There are
so
many problems with that.
Black Hat Guy: Just to be safe, until I see more data I'm going to assume cancer causes cell phones.
{{Title text: He holds the laptop like that on purpose, to make you cringe.}}
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