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>>Note as well the negative correlation between wealth and crime, which stands in opposition to the association you attempt to draw above. You are pointing the arrow in the wrong direction.
Correlations don't have arrows. They never said there was causation.
>>which stands in opposition to the association you attempt to draw above
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Correlations don't have arrows. They never said there was causation.
Sure they did. >>which stands in opposition to the association you attempt to draw above
You've made a mistake.
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Sure they did. >>which stands in opposition to the association you attempt to draw above
No, I did not. As the quote you've excerpted clearly illustrates I noted a correlation only. You've made a mistake.
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Correlations don't have arrows. They never said there was causation.
Sure they did. >>which stands in opposition to the association you attempt to draw above
What is under discussion is whether rich people are more likely to do illegal things (maybe because they felt they can get away with it) or they are less likely to do illegal things (maybe because they are risk averse and have more to lose).
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I think all employees are covered by 3 breaching trust is gross misconduct in the UK
oh, that's really interesting!
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No, I did not. As the quote you've excerpted clearly illustrates I noted a correlation only. You've made a mistake.
You are backpedaling. It is very clear from the context of your post what you mean, as the upvotes on my comment illustrate.
I stand by my original statement regarding correlation. Your assumption that there's a causal claim is your own mistake. This has been made clear; there's nothing further for us to discuss. Especially given your uh, personality.
Goodbye.
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Again, your response is typical of incumbents in any sector. AirBnb founders weren't hoteliers, Uber founders weren't taxi industry veterans. Everything you know can be learnt from a book, or obtained by hiring someone like you - and there are PLENTY of your kind to hire. Now, for every successful Uber, there have been 100 failed attempts at the same. Will HelloBloom be the Uber of credit reporting- can't say. But wi…
I'm not an incumbent in the industry. Nice try, though. My issue here isn't with industry disruption, which I generally like. It's with hallucinatory blockchain-based hype. For years I've been hearing that Bitcoin or some other blockchain technology will disrupt money transfer and online purchasing. But Bitcoin never got any foothold in international remittances and is actually in retreat in e-commerce. Now the Bitco…
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Yeah, that's what I thought you'd say.