Counter Examples Count Too

There is a misconception that cell phone radiation can be related to cancer. People will point to an anecdotal example of a person that has cancer and had their cell phone in their pocket. The problem with this approach is it doesn’t include all the counterexamples of people that didn’t get cell phones in their pockets. Also, with the increase in cell phone frequencies, we would expect cancer rates to go up. This correlation is more likely due to the aging population. We would need to look more deeply into the cancer types that are supposedly associated non-Ionizing EMF.

Always remember, when someone is stating something as a fact with a case example. In order to be scientific, you have to include all the counterexamples. With the counterexamples, it may just be a random chance if it isn’t statistically significant. In a world with random probabilities, anecdotal case examples are only good for generating a hypothesis to test, not actually stating something as fact.

https://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2021/21_0006.htm

https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/causes-prevention/risk/radiation/electromagnetic-fields-fact-sheet