Enough is enough

[Arcon]

Unless you can somehow link the two together (such as providing numbers showing that the decline in population increased shortly after Abyssea), then this is not evidence, it's coincidence.

If I could, I would have done so in the beginning. If I could, I also wouldn't have said that I couldn't. If I wanted to actually make that argument, I would have. The reason I haven't (and I'm not sure why you think that I did) is precisely because I lack that information. Also, evidence can be coincidence. That's decided after it is presented and does not stop it being evidence, it only makes that evidence irrelevant. That is decided after it was interpreted and discussed. But don't worry, I will not explain what evidence is again. If you didn't get it after three explanations, I doubt you'll get it after a fourth, even if it might stop you from making bad analogies.

I believe Abyssea was bad for the game, for a list of reasons, and not all of them were bad for me. I cannot prove any of them, which is why I didn't pretend to do so, although I have good arguments for all of them, but this is not the place to discuss it. If you wanna open a new Abyssea discussion thread, I'll be happy to present them.

If a scientist wants to prove that McDonald's has led to a sizable population increase, he would be laughed at if his only piece of "evidence" was the total human population before and after McDonald's.

By people like you, I'm sure. Other scientist would scoff at you for not listening to that guy's arguments, such as cities being merged shortly after a McDonald's restaurant opened in them, or the fact that fatty and unhealthy food becoming immensely popular should slow down the population growth, not accelerate it.