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[–] • 2 pts

Or Reuters is lying.

Imagine this. You walk up to a group of people to fill out a survey. How many of them are going to check that box that self reports that they are a pedo?

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Because nearly no one would respond that way on a survey no matter who they are, their result size for that was probably one, at most. So one linux user who is so autistic that he has no reservations about saying he is a pedo on a five minute survey has painted the entire linux community.

I wonder if that is an example of publish bias. If they didn't get that hypothetical one outlier would we even be seeing these results?

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There was nothing in the survey asking about pedophilia. The report is insinuating guilt through association.

The Linux group showed elevated levels of several socio-cognitive disorders including several linked to pedophilia and violent outbursts

Many Linux users are leftist, which is indeed a socio-cognitive disorder linked to pedophilia and violent outbursts. This should be far more pronounced in Apple users.