Correlation vs Causation

[g eazy]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correlation_does_not_imply_causation

Thought it might be good that people understand this a little better, given the volume of information available with the Internet.

 

[blakealridge]

HAHA hav you seen this site it's so funny
http://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations

 

[masterpoonhunter]

HAHA hav you seen this site it's so funny
http://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations

It is hilarious. And amazing.
That someone, somewhere, spent a shit load of time putting that all together.

 

[LLLurkJ2]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correlation_does_not_imply_causation

Thought it might be good that people understand this a little better, given the volume of information available with the Internet.

JEEZ DUDE, just because you post a wikipedia page it doesn't mean poeple are going to understand you ...😉

 

[g eazy]

Shit, you're right. Wikipedia is MSM right? Wikipedia is fake news! Inception it is...

 

[Fullhouse]

I'm glad my education took me to graduation where I learned about correlation before the cancellation of further education.

 

[LLLurkJ2]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correlation_does_not_imply_causation

Thought it might be good that people understand this a little better, given the volume of information available with the Internet.

People who post these links have a high degee of unpopular opinions....

 

[g eazy]

People who post these links have a high degee of unpopular opinions....

That opinion is on the basis of...?

 

[LLLurkJ2]

That opinion is on the basis of...?

Correlation of course..

 

[Bridge]

I think I will have a little perverse fun with this and stir the pot with: God exists because his book the bible says so

You might like the four books from Oolon Colluphid, "Where God went Wrong," "Some More of God's Greatest Mistakes," "Who is This God Person Anyway," and "Well, That About Wraps It Up For God."

 

[DangerousDan]

HAHA hav you seen this site it's so funny
http://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations

Andrew Weaver with his big brain fell for one of these and once posted a correlation between pirates and global temperatures on Twitter. It definitely wasn't a sarcastic post either.

 

[g eazy]

Correlation of course..

Here's where one would ask for THE GLORIOUS DATA SOURCE!!!!11

 

[masterpoonhunter]

Lol I think I get what you mean now. The people who think skydaddy just created the earth, up and left and will one day return to save it. They believe it because they were told, not because they have a firm grasp on spirituality

reality

 

[ElectricWoodie]

I think I will have a little perverse fun with this and stir the pot with: God exists because his book the bible says so

Who wrote the book?