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Friendly daily reminder that correlation does not imply causation.

>> No.10329134
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>>10329112
protip: smoke predicts fire pretty fucking regularly

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>>10329112
Reminder that all observations are correlative and causality becomes a scientifically useless concept without a pre-defined causal inference criteria to work with them.

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>>10329135
that is why you need
THE THEORY
and you must master it. or else your "reminders" shall NOT be tolerated

>> No.10329991

>>10329112
>Friendly daily reminder that correlation does not imply causation.
Wow, that's so smart. I've never even thought about that. I've been living my whole life thinking that correlation was necessarily causation. This changes everything. Where do you come up with these brilliant ideas? You should write a book

>> No.10330026

>>10329112
Sure it does, if the correlation is 1.

>> No.10330118

>>10329112
Yes, co2 has as much correlation to the earths temperature as ice cream sales.

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>>10329112
hmmmmmmmmmmmm