arundelo comments on Rationality Quotes October 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: chaosmosis 03 October 2012 03:14:29AM 6 points [-]

No, correlation does not imply causation, but it sure as hell provides a hint.

A good article on Slate.com by Daniel Engber

Comment author: arundelo 04 October 2012 12:46:48AM 23 points [-]

This thread needs a mention of this saying: "Correlation correlates with causation because causation causes correlation." (I don't know if anyone knows who came up with this.)