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Correlation doesn't imply causation, but it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively and gesture furtively while mouthing 'look over there'.
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It does, but it certainly shouldn't. More often than not it is a completely different common factor that is the real cause. But that does not stop politicians and special interest groups claiming that it proves that the one thing is responsible for the other.
At most, correlation suggest that further investigation is required to determine the cause of the correlation.
Statistically it can be shown that people who own expensive cars are likely to live longer than people who own old bangers or no car at all.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
