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Correlation doesn't imply causation, but it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively and gesture furtively while mouthing 'look over there'.

(From http://xkcd.com/552/)




One might even say, well-controlled correlation implies causation. That's what experiments are for!


Reread my comment... I never said it did, I just said that people tend to confuse the two.




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