Originally Posted By: sini
No, I dismiss the article because it does not substantiate its claims. Formally - the argument is too weak to support the conclusion.

I intentionally focused on homeschooling, not only because it is obviously false connection, but because it is equally unsubstantiated.

Here is equally baseless claim for you: Male pattern baldness causes killing sprees. Most shooters are men, all men are distressed over losing hair and some just couldn't take it and go on a killing spree.



Taking this literally for a second. There is direct evidence Adam Lanza was home schooled. I'm not sure about the Dark Knight guy in Colorado. Nor the dude in Arizona, although he was bald, but I believe that was his choice. Virginia Tech had hair, not sure about his k-12 education though. Columbine guys had hair but they also obviously attended school.

I will do some research about.these other shootings and post a follow up, to see if there are more that fall into baldness and/or homeschooled categories.

STUBS!