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[–] Dookieman12@piefed.social 9 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Correlation doesn't necessarily mean causation, but every instance of causation is accompanied by at least one correlation.

Disregarding correlation entirely is equally fallacious.

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Oh, not every. But the correlation is really high for some reason.

[–] trem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I mean, you do still need to subtract this:

Population distribution in the US (it's an xkcd comic making a joke about this)

[–] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 3 points 3 days ago

yes, but the above is clearly more than that

[–] red_tomato@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

Any causation is accompanied by someone reminding everyone that correlation doesn’t imply causation.