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Smitty Two wrote:
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RicodJour wrote:

On Oct 25, 8:08 am, "HeyBub" wrote:
Correlation does not imply causation.

Ummm, yes, it does.



Bzzzt. Sorry, it absolutely doesn't, but thanks for playing. Maybe you
were sick the day they taught logic in school.


You're both wrong. No, correlation doesn't mean 2 things are actually
related, but it shouldn't be ignored. Some as-yet-unknown 3rd condition
could be causing both observed conditions. When trying to figure
something out, if you have no other clues, correlation is a common place
to start looking.

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