gask·Askbygezero Do you know of an effective way how to explain to a person that correlation doesn't imply causation?View original on lemmy.bowyerhub.uk27Comments13
PPraxinoscope lemmy.zip1Hide 1 replyMonthly 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)28
ddamnthefilibuster replylemmy.world“Butter consumption correlates with the number of epidemiologists in Colorado” Wtf Colorado!1
TaterTot piefed.social2Hide 2 repliesEvery single person who confuses correlation with causation ends up dying.9
tthreelonmusketeers replysh.itjust.works1Hide 1 replyWe don't know that for sure. There several bililon people who have not died yet.7
ddeadbeef79000 lemmy.nz Do things that happen to stupid people keep happening to you? Does your period start at the same phase of the Moon each time? 2
jjacksilver lemmy.worldEver time you see a house on fire, you're almost guaranteed to see firemen. So clearly firemen must be the leading cause of house fires.2
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)
That’s brilliant!
https://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations
Have fun! :)
“Butter consumption correlates with the number of epidemiologists in Colorado”
Wtf Colorado!
We must increase the pirate population dramatically!
Every single person who confuses correlation with causation ends up dying.
We don't know that for sure. There several bililon people who have not died yet.
Sounds like none of them have confused the two then... yet!
100% of people who drink water will die?
Ever time you see a house on fire, you're almost guaranteed to see firemen.
So clearly firemen must be the leading cause of house fires.