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gezero@lemmy.bowyerhub.uk to Ask@piefed.social · 2 days ago

Do you know of an effective way how to explain to a person that correlation doesn't imply causation?

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Do you know of an effective way how to explain to a person that correlation doesn't imply causation?

gezero@lemmy.bowyerhub.uk to Ask@piefed.social · 2 days ago
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    Monthly deaths from drowning correlate to ice cream sales.

    Ice cream doesn’t cause drowning, but both numbers go up at the same time of year (summer)

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      That’s brilliant!

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