Miscellaneous

Because It’s Friday: Correlation

Mar 6, 2009

It’s time like these I feel like one big nerd.

[via xkcd | Thanks, Mickey]

Tony Wang — March 6, 2009 at 12:20 pm

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. :)
Pete Indelicato — March 6, 2009 at 12:21 pm

Hilarious. Thanks!
Ryan Prociuk — March 6, 2009 at 12:46 pm

cum hoc ergo propter hoc Says it all
Lis — March 6, 2009 at 2:28 pm

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'”
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Al Gore — March 10, 2009 at 10:19 am

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