Ron and Freakonomics

[CentralParkBest]

Ron (a high school grad) making a direct correlation of the decline of Religion and the rise of Football reminded me of the obscure connections that Steven Levitt (Harvard AND MIT grad) makes in his famous book. If you're not familiar with it, Freakonomics is an easy summer read, buy it.
As second corollary is Ron's questions on intelligence and schooling (Ron and Bill Gates vs. Fez and ESD). Pretty self-explanatory.
Kudos Ron.
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[drjoek]

Spurious correlations

[Freakshow]

Didn't Bill Gates go to Harvard? I know he didn't graduate, but he got in, and that's usually considered the hardest thing about Ivy League schools.