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Obligatory reminder about correlation != causation, as indicated in the article itself: > However, as this was an observational study, the findings demonstrate
by thih9 2mo ago
Obligatory reminder about correlation != causation, as indicated in the article itself:
> However, as this was an observational study, the findings demonstrate associations rather than cause-and-effect relationships.
More: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correlation_does_not_imply_causation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correlation_does_not_imply_cau...
- throwyonion 2mo ago[dead]
- KPGv2 2mo agoPeople don't need this reminder on Hacker News. Maybe on Reddit, but even there it's dogma repeated by damn near everyone.
- thih9 2mo agoAnd yet: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49304804 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49304804