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Disagree with the title. Correlation does imply casuation a lot of the times (especially for simple systems). But not always. Therefore, the caution is not to a
by fizixer 12y ago
Disagree with the title. Correlation does imply casuation a lot of the times (especially for simple systems). But not always. Therefore, the caution is not to assume it apriori, but pursue further investigation to confirm or reject it. Even when it is rejected, a lot of those cases result in a third variable being the cause behind the correlated "effect" variables.
- jerf 12y ago"Disagree with the title." Perhaps you should read the article before posting your disagreement. (As well as the several other people who appear to have paragraph-sized responses to 8 words, rather than the actual article.)
- lotsofpulp 12y agoThe problem with using "correlation does not imply causation" outside of a mathematical context is that in math, saying A implies B means that if condition A is true, then condition B is true. In common vernacular, implies means to suggest, hence the confusion.
- fizixer 12y ago12 days late but still: I just realized "Correlation does imply casuation a lot of the times" is a completely meaningless statement that I made (if correlation is not because of causation even some of the times then that's simply 'correlation doesn't imply causation'). What I really had in mind (which I think is correct) is that 'correlation ends up being due to causation a lot of the times'.