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A dangerous mistake to make (startrek.website)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

While true, the people who didn't confuse them also ended up dying.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s the joke, man :)

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

EVERY SINGLE PERSON ~~WHO CONFUSES CORRELATION AND CAUSATION~~ ENDS UP DYING

[–] MyFairJulia 3 points 1 year ago

And nobody is doing anything about DHMO to put an end to this!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So if I never get them mixed up, I'll live forever?!

[–] marcos 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

All of the people that will live forever affirm the consequent.

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

A weird thing I've noticed about "correlation does not equal causation" is that some people actually end up thinking it means "correlation does equal not causation" - i.e. if A and B are correlated then A does not cause B (and B does not cause A). A more accurate expression would be "correlation does not necessarily equal causation".

[–] doingthestuff 5 points 1 year ago

Everyone who injests dihydrogen monoxide ends up dying as well. Be careful out there, the more you know...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'm confused. Is this correlation or causation?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

First one, then the other

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It's clearly confounding variables

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Correlation. Causation would be if confusing the two were literally killing them.

[–] tdawg 3 points 1 year ago

We're all going to die!

[–] Sylver 3 points 1 year ago

I thought this was a threat or policy proposition at first

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

only as far as we know

[–] M137 2 points 1 year ago

Woooooosh