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Why do people look for correlations any more? Aren't scientists painfully aware of confirmation bias[1] and spurious correlation[2] yet? [1] https://en.m.wikip
by cardmagic 10y ago
Why do people look for correlations any more? Aren't scientists painfully aware of confirmation bias[1] and spurious correlation[2] yet?
[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias
[2] http://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations http://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations
- sfrailsdev 10y agoCorrelation finding is still an incredibly important first step towards figuring out what would be a good double blind randomized trial. Science media could definitely report correlations better.
- basicplus2 10y agoEg https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1854_Broad_Street_cholera_outbreak https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1854_Broad_Street_cholera_ou... If there is no correlation there is no issue.
- metaphorm 10y agocorrelations are leads to spark further inquiry, they aren't explanatory in themselves. there is room for, and great need of, some imagination and speculation when trying to look for the truth.