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>correlation does not equal causation

>> No.11777782

>>11777762
obviously gold watches cause obesity

>> No.11777786

>>11777762
most overused and misused "rule"

>> No.11777796

>>11777786

Yup. Correlation may not equal causation, but its surely a very strong hint towards it.

>> No.11777803

>>11777777

>> No.11777810

Correlation in the real world almost always implies causation. Its just that the causation might be in the opposite direction as you naively predict, or it might work indirectly through a common third (fourth, fifth..) cause.

Yeah the saying is overused as fuck.

>> No.11777909

>>11777810
Monumentally based.
For example people bring up the inverse correlation of the abundance of pirates and the emission of CO2, but it is very obvious that both are causally related to societal progress.

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11777914

>>11777762
>aggregate does not contain causality

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>>11777909
>inverse correlation of the abundance of pirates
> causally related to societal progress.
FEDS GET OUT

>> No.11778079

>>11777914
>makeameme.org
be gone

>> No.11778087

>>11777810
Everything has an implication, it doesn't mean its right.

If you're sitting on the fence, it could imply that you're a delinquent but that does not mean you are one, it just means you could be. You could also be a faggot, a nigger, a kike.

>> No.11778156

>>11777786
Literally it's not used enough. Especially on the internet.

>> No.11778332

>>11778156
Wrong.

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11778348

>Causation isn't real and everything is correlated

>> No.11778350

>>11777782
kek

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11778353

>correlation does not necessarily equal causation

>> No.11778358

>>11777796
>very strong hint towards it

nice observer bias

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>>11777762
Well said +1. Have a gold award.

>> No.11778366

>>11778348
True, white noise doesn't actually exist

>> No.11778445

>>11777762
Thing that i don't like (le funny wojak face)