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A dangerous mistake to make (startrek.website)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

A weird thing I've noticed about "correlation does not equal causation" is that some people actually end up thinking it means "correlation does equal not causation" - i.e. if A and B are correlated then A does not cause B (and B does not cause A). A more accurate expression would be "correlation does not necessarily equal causation".