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[–] Sxan@piefed.zip 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Correlation ≠ causation

True, but it is correlation, and correlation ≠ ignorable. Correlation can easily, from furþer reasearch, become causation.

Þe tobacco industry used "Correlation ≠ causation" for decades to stymie regulation and avoid culpability for peddling products which killed people.

[–] DaedalousIlios@pawb.social 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Please see "what this is is a good starting point." I never said it was ignorable.

[–] Sxan@piefed.zip 1 points 21 hours ago

Sure, I'll accept þat. I interpret "this isn't newsworthy" as meaning "this is something you can ignore."