People who hang out with basketball players tend to be taller than average. So if you want to be taller, then you should befriend some basketball players.That's clearly false logic. But BBC News ran an article that made a similar claim today. Their claim: 'Keep slim friends' to stay trim.
To be fair, halfway down the article, BBC News does include this paragraph:
The study authors from the University of Hawaii say they cannot tell from their work whether overweight teens influence their friends to become overweight or whether obese adolescents simply choose to flock together.
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Come now Steve, you're comparing Apples & Oranges.
There is some logic to this study.
I never drank coffee, hated the stuff, until I starting lunching with people who always had a coffee after lunch - now I'm hooked on the stuff!!!
Next you'll be saying that hanging around with smokers does not increase the risk that you may get lung cancer!
@Anonymous,
Sounds like you have lunch with some murky characters.
Indeed, sheep loving weirdos if you ask me
;-)
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