Comments on: Because It’s Friday: Correlation

By: humor y datos - HCNet

humor y datos - HCNet — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:20:36 +0000

[...] Fuente: xkcd VÃa: FlowingData [...]

Al Gore — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:19:44 +0000

What do you mean? Correlation doesnâ€™t imply causation…? (Ooops)

Nerd comic of the day | Daniel Pink — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 16:20:35 +0000

[...] (viaÂ xkcdÂ andÂ Flowing Data)Â [...]

Lis — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 19:28:01 +0000

It loses something without the hover text though:

“Correlation doesn’t imply causation, but it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively and gesture furtively while mouthing ‘look over there’”

Ryan Prociuk — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:46:45 +0000

cum hoc ergo propter hoc Says it all

Pete Indelicato — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:21:31 +0000

Hilarious. Thanks!

Tony Wang — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:20:15 +0000

How do you know gravity is the force that causes things to fall? Is it correlation, causation, or our ability to reason?

Philosophy is a wonderful thing. :)