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Related: Lack of pirates is causing global warming: https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikaandersen/2012/03/23/true-fact-the-lack-of-pirates-is-causing-global-warmi
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Related: Lack of pirates is causing global warming:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikaandersen/2012/03/23/true-fact-the-lack-of-pirates-is-causing-global-warming/?sh=24e341713a67 https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikaandersen/2012/03/23/true-f...
- sharkweek 5y agoHah! I love this kind of stuff REPORT: Average human has less than two arms
- bryanrasmussen 5y agowell, sure, after sharkweek!
- qznc 5y agoThere are no humans with three or more arms. Most humans have two arms. A few humans have one or zero arms. Thus, the mean/average number of arms should be between 1.9 and 2.0 but surely less then two. (The median number of arms is two though)
- anotheraccount9 5y agoProve it.
- bryanrasmussen 5y agofirst, I am aware of the stats so the lecture was a waste. second, the posters name was sharkweek, if you went in the water during sharkweek you probably wouldn't have two arms, this is what is known as a joke based on an eponysterical name. third, you are also incorrect in your statement that there are no humans with 3 arms https://www.google.com/search?q=baby+born+with+three+arms https://www.google.com/search?q=baby+born+with+three+arms
- qznc 5y agoYou are right. I was wrong. You win this debate.
- Johnny555 5y agoThere are no humans with three or more arms Never say never: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymelia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymelia
- vaylian 5y ago> Never say never: Especially on the internet
- Swizec 5y agoAverage human has more than 1 skeleton! (pregnancy)
- ALittleLight 5y agoSome people own skeletons.
- PeterisP 5y agoThe average human has approximately one testicle and one boob.
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- Sebb767 5y agoYou could also say that the most humans have an above-average number of arms
- FractalParadigm 5y agoAlso related: Spurious Correlations[0]. These are great and really drives home the idea that correlation neither equals or implies causation. At least one of these graphs implies that if the US wanted to reduce the number of drivers getting hit by trains, they simply just need to stop importing oil from Norway. [0]: https://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations https://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations
- astrange 5y agoThere are some cases where lack of correlation is actually evidence of causation.
- malf 5y agoAs in the causal effect happens to cancel out a confounder, or something more fun? Do you have an example?
- astrange 5y agoI was thinking of an air conditioner - a perfect A/C would mean the temperature is flat. Although hmm, I think R^2 is undefined rather than 0 there. But basically, it's a "if you do it right, it'll look like you've done nothing at all" situation.
- Rury 5y agoWhat variables are you correlating in that example? It seems to correlate just fine if your measuring energy inputed to heat the room vs work done by air conditioner.