People can't interpret statistics
I think that was meant to be a joke. I am pretty sure that s/he knows very well that the children listening to Mozart did not have anything to do with their diagnosis of ADHD/NVLD and ASD.
It did give them early exposure to good music, though. That's a positive thing however way you look at it. By all means, play Mozart for your baby! It's nice to listen to, interesting to think about, and probably calming to a bored infant who's tired of staring at the same old mobile.
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Yeah, I'm pretty sure it was a joke too. I thought it was funny.
I sincerely hope so, after her comments on "subjective observation".
There are, as others have pointed out, a frightening number of people out there who use one example to contradict scientific study.
That doesn't mean all studies are good studies. In this case, the "Mozart Effect" seems to have been somewhat overstated: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozart_effect
Meanwhile, I have to persuade my shrink that one study with a sample of 27 does not constitute a solid conclusion.
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I know! This was the entirety of my original post about the Mozart effect:
Though I agree with Callista that playing music for infants is probably a good idea anyway just because it will make be a nice relaxing environment for them.
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I know! This was the entirety of my original post about the Mozart effect
Oh, I realise that you know that. My point is that there are people who don't, or pretend not to because there is money in Mozart CDs,
As the OP correctly points out, that kind of thing is a major problem.
I would add that it is not just a case of people not being able to interpret statistics, but there are too many cases of statistics being used to deliberately mislead (see just about every politician in existence) or overstating uncertainty for some sort of gain (see climate disruption deniers for the most egregious example of this).
One might suspect that those children who have since been raised listening to Mozart as a result of this study might be less intelligent than their peers. After all, heredity counts, and being raised by scientifically illiterate parents won't help.
I lack, of course, any study supporting this conclusion.
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LOL! My kids listened to Mozart as infants/toddlers and what I got is one with ASD and one with NLD/ADHD!
We have crossed paths on logic before, haven't we?
The fact that one study shows a link (not necessarily a causative link, just a link) between listening to Mozart and increased IQ does not mean that all children who listen to Mozart will end up geniuses!
I suppose this is where your "common sense and subjective observation" gets you.
Honestly, I think you look for reasons to fight. Do you see I started my whole statement with LOL? Followed by eye rolling?
IOW, I am laughing at the whole thing.
It seems to me that you are very selective in what you read, because if you read a single thing I have said, I AGREE WITH YOU! CORRELATION DOES NOT MEAN CAUSATION!
Sheesh! Enough already!
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LOL! My kids listened to Mozart as infants/toddlers and what I got is one with ASD and one with NLD/ADHD!
We have crossed paths on logic before, haven't we?
The fact that one study shows a link (not necessarily a causative link, just a link) between listening to Mozart and increased IQ does not mean that all children who listen to Mozart will end up geniuses!
I suppose this is where your "common sense and subjective observation" gets you.
Honestly, I think you look for reasons to fight. Do you see I started my whole statement with LOL? Followed by eye rolling?
IOW, I am laughing at the whole thing.
It seems to me that you are very selective in what you read, because if you read a single thing I have said, I AGREE WITH YOU! CORRELATION DOES NOT MEAN CAUSATION!
Sheesh! Enough already!
In the context of you defending "subjective observation" I don't know what to conclude. I took it as you laughing at the idea because your kids contradict the study (subjective observation).
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I know! This was the entirety of my original post about the Mozart effect
Oh, I realise that you know that. My point is that there are people who don't, or pretend not to because there is money in Mozart CDs,
As the OP correctly points out, that kind of thing is a major problem.
I would add that it is not just a case of people not being able to interpret statistics, but there are too many cases of statistics being used to deliberately mislead (see just about every politician in existence) or overstating uncertainty for some sort of gain (see climate disruption deniers for the most egregious example of this).
One might suspect that those children who have since been raised listening to Mozart as a result of this study might be less intelligent than their peers. After all, heredity counts, and being raised by scientifically illiterate parents won't help.
I lack, of course, any study supporting this conclusion.
One of the best indicators of educational performance is how engaged with their children's education a parent is.
A parent that plays Mozart to their child is probably likely to do a lot of things that will actually help their children too (such as hiring a private tutor). Therefore, I hypothesise that the "Mozart babies" will still outperform their peers.
I likewise lack any study supporting that conclusion.
I think a quick overview of Statistics 101 and Logic 101 should be required of everyone.
Agreed.
Fifty percent of Americans are below average at understanding statistics!
But if they all took those courses than all 100 percent of americans would be in the top ten percent of Americans - at understanding statistics!
Atleast!
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I think a quick overview of Statistics 101 and Logic 101 should be required of everyone.
Agreed.
Fifty percent of Americans are below average at understanding statistics!
But if they all took those courses than all 100 percent of americans would be in the top ten percent of Americans - at understanding statistics!
Atleast!
Of course, only 14% of all people know that! <<< joking, assuming she was joking too.
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The one that gets me is the people who say (essentially) that because statistics gives you things like confidence intervals and +/- error, the results don't 'count', whatever that means. Because we all know it's more 'precise' to give a single number without any sort of compensation for error.
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I think a quick overview of Statistics 101 and Logic 101 should be required of everyone.
Agreed.
Fifty percent of Americans are below average at understanding statistics!
But if they all took those courses than all 100 percent of americans would be in the top ten percent of Americans - at understanding statistics!
Atleast!
In the context of you defending "subjective observation" I don't know what to conclude. I took it as you laughing at the idea because your kids contradict the study (subjective observation).
Yes, my kids do contradict the study, but not in the way predicted!
I have stated that sometimes subjective observation is correct. Are you saying that you do not agree?
I also believe that correlation does not imply causation. However, sometimes correlation IS due to causation. Are you saying you do not agree?
I have also stated that lack of scientific "proof" of something is not equivalent to proof of it's non-existence. Are you saying you do not agree?
Edited to add: I believe it is equally fallacious and dangerous to stick too closely to sayings like "correlation does not imply causation" because I think one can too readily dismiss the possibility that sometimes correlation is the direct result of causation. Likewise, I think it is a dangerous assumption to assume that because research has failed to demonstrate some sort of phenomenon, that the phenomenon itself doesn't exist. Both of these "mistakes" can lead one to the wrong conclusion without a detailed examination of the available evidence.
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