• TooRedditFamous@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    “triggers” is doing a lot of heavy lifting here. There is no causal proof, their entire article is based on correlation only

    • byrgenwerthdropout@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      Rice specifically said he attempted his shot because he remembered what Beckham had done. What more proof would you want?

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      1 year ago

      It’s not that big a leap to causal inference in this case to be fair. If there’s a logical link between the two, the timing of the ‘treatment’ (documentary) is fairly random (ie it’s not expected to coincide with some other factor that increases long-range shots), and there’s a strong correlation - then there’s a fair that one probably caused the other.

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      1 year ago

      Didn’t read the article but after Rice scored that long range shot he mentioned the Beckham documentary, like he watched it the night before and that inspired him

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    1 year ago

    Asmir Begovic and Tim Howard scored from their own box, where is the documentaries about them?

    • FastenedCarrot@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      What would that trigger? Uptick in unselfish striker play? Goals against Arsenal? Jamie Carragher being mogged?

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      1 year ago

      Would be class. Legendary player who also literally stopped a war in the Ivory Coast.

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        He wasn’t a ten-season-consistent-monster, like a Messi…But he was so clinical, and was the epitome of a big game player.

        It’s not that he racked up an insane goal tally, but more so the timing and circumstances of some of the goals he scored.

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      Don’t even like Chelsea and didn’t like Drogba when he was playing but would definitely watch a documentary about him especially stopping the war in Ivory Coast being part of it and heard that he has a huge god like status across Africa like how Argentinians and Napoli fans love Maradona, would be Interested in exploring that part of his legacy in Africa