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If correlation doesn't imply causation, then what does? (2012)
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Tomte
7 months ago
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JohnFen
7 months ago
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"Correlation does not imply causation" is one of my most hated maxims, because it's patently untrue. Correlation does, in fact, imply causation. But it only implies, it does not prove and often doesn't even strongly suggest.
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