> What makes you think it does not? Its mostly my own ignorance I am admitting. :) I believe the true spirit of the 'Causation is not correlation' phrase is th

> What makes you think it does not? Its mostly my own ignorance I am admitting. :) I believe the true spirit of the 'Causation is not correlation' phrase is that if the mechanism isn't obvious, don't jump to the conclusion. As your link points out, correlation is a good reason to carry further investigation.