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Correlation does not equate causation.

• lolinder 4y ago
  > “You still think I’ve gone cracked in the head,” Ben said, amused. “Listen, if tomorrow we pulled into Biren and someone told you there were shamble-men in the woods, would you believe them?” > My father shook his head. > “What if two people told you?” > Another shake. > Ben leaned forward on his stump. “What if a dozen people told you, with perfect earnestness, that shamble-men were out in the fields, eating—” > “Of course I wouldn’t believe them,” my father said, irritated. “It’s ridiculous.” > “Of course it is,” Ben agreed, raising a finger. “But the real question is this: Would you go into the woods?” — Patrick Rothfluss, The Name of the Wind
  • TillE 4y ago
    I love that whole scene and that passage in particular, one of my all time favorites from NOTW. Rothfuss is an incredible writer.
• msla 4y ago
  People say this and refuse to see that correlations are also extremely interesting and worthy objects of study.