# Bricker is a disingenous punk.

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [August 9, 2006, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-disingenous-punk/368049 "2006-08-09T20:07:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2006, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-is-a-disingenous-punk/368049/25 "2006-08-09T21:32:36Z")

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> [@Left Hand of Dorkness](#):
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> Good grief–now you’re saying that green dragons are real? What’s wrong with you?  
> Do you believe that this statement has any more real-world applicability than the discussion of green dragon breath weapons?

Not much. The only difference is that it leads to a discussion of things like hidden codependencies and the differences between correleation and causation - it’s the sort of thing that is common to discuss in theory. Green dragons, not so much.

But is there any actual predictive value in what I’m saying? No, of course not. Because all other things are NEVER equal. They cannot be. That’s why it’s a purely theoretical statement.

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