When will we learn?

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[badlydrawnjeff.livejournal.com]

The evidence is in the declining crime rates, specifically. The use of crime and poverty is there to show the way common wisdom and seemingly logical conclusions are not always so.

[peristaltor.livejournal.com]

The evidence is in the declining crime rates, specifically.

Yes, I'm aware. That's why I mentioned the methylethyl lead upthread, the one you pointed out to me you had posted about a year ago.

The use of crime and poverty is there to show the way common wisdom and seemingly logical conclusions are not always so.

I'm also aware of the common "wisdom." The GINI numbers on income inequality, though, are not a part of that common canon. As far as I know, there is neither "common wisdom" nor hard and tested psychological theory to explain the GINI/societal phenomenon correlations. Which is why I chided you for dismissing the income inequality correlations in the first place; if they haven't yet been explained, stating that there is "no reason" to support an explanation is like smelling a fart, knowing you didn't pass gas, seeing no one else in the room, and concluding the smell therefore doesn't exist.