so if we have a scenario where we have data points where when X ball moves white ball also moves, but we’re missing some direct evidence where they actually hit

so if we have a scenario where we have data points where when X ball moves white ball also moves, but we’re missing some direct evidence where they actually hit each other or not. But they correlate from the limited sample. I think this is what most correlations are like, we do not see the direct atoms causing the causation, only a probability