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Daily reminder that inferring causation from correlation is a slippery business. Did you know the S&P500 stock index was highly and 'significantly' correlated

Daily reminder that inferring causation from correlation is a slippery business. Did you know the S&P500 stock index was highly and 'significantly' correlated with butter prices in Bangladesh for many years?

ekianjo 5y ago
Its the bread and butter of sciencedaily. Garbage stories every day of the week.
- puppable 5y ago
  The S&P500 and butter of sciencedaily, rather.