IlyaShpitser comments on Taking "correlation does not imply causation" back from the internet - Less Wrong Discussion
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I like how this guy complains about "internet blowhards" abusing this phrase, but then gets basic reporting of correlation in scientific papers wrong (by reporting causation in articles he wrote about those papers). There was a comment on that slate article calling him out on this.