> [...] and one of their studies showed that young men who smoked just before puberty produced sons who were more likely to be overweight [...]
My father started smoking when he was 7 y.o. (yes, seven, lol). I was born when he was 36. I'm almost 33 right now and have never been overweight in my entire life. Not even a little ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.
Of course! If only they had met you, they would have realized their mistake! An N of 1 counter example is the perfect way to disprove a statistical claim!
Maybe it's a causal claim being challenged, not a statistical claim. What is a statistical claim anyway? No observation will disprove another observation.
My father started smoking when he was 7 y.o. (yes, seven, lol). I was born when he was 36. I'm almost 33 right now and have never been overweight in my entire life. Not even a little ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.