My overall impression of Freakonomics pertaining to the subject matter is that the documentary segments focus in on real-life struggles that families from all different walks of life go through. It was interesting to find out names can have an affect how well a child performs in school and their future careers. The definition of causality seems unnecessary in everyday life. We define causality as a connection between two events or states that one produces or brings about the other; where one is the cause and the other is the effect. For instance, in the film Freakonomics, it was believed that in the late 1940s children would contract an infectious disease known as polio after eating a substantial amount of ice-cream. This fantastic claim was
