• morphballganon@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    The idea of “correlation does not equal causation” allows me to find a better understanding of how things are connected. If you notice two phenomena often coincide, you might assume one causes the other. However, just as likely is that the two phenomena are each distinct effects of a common cause.

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      3 months ago

      Not just common cause, sometimes is just a coincidence. And every time someone doesn’t understand what “correlation does not imply causation” means, send him this site: https://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations first chart today is how the number of Google searches for “I can’t even” is directly correlated to the amount of yogurt consumption.