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Comment author: DanielLC 07 April 2014 09:36:27PM 0 points [-]

They can also be completely independant and have causation, but that's not something that would happen by chance. The only time I know of where something like that will happen is if the cause is designed to regulate whatever it's independant of. For example, the temperature doesn't correlate to the power going through the heater or air conditioner, since it's always constant, which is because the heater and air conditioner keep it constant.

Comment author: IlyaShpitser 07 April 2014 11:19:03PM 0 points [-]

I agree, but this regulation business seems important and occurs a lot in nature.