Everything is obvious, once you know the answer

Been reading through Duncan Watts' Everything is Obvious: Once You Know the Answer again, after being reminded of it via a tweet by Dean Eckles starting a twitter thread which provides more context on the tweet below:

What's funny about this is not that they came to different conclusions about winning a silver medal, but that they both explained *why* it makes sense that silver medalists either live longer or die earlier. #causalinference #multiplecomparisons pic.twitter.com/ZYJPWXagMV

— Jason Roy (@jasonroy) October 14, 2018