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Correlation doesn't imply causation, but it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively and gesture furtively while mouthing 'look over there'. (From http://xkcd.com

Correlation doesn't imply causation, but it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively and gesture furtively while mouthing 'look over there'. (From http://xkcd.com/552/ http://xkcd.com/552/)

emmett 17y ago
One might even say, well-controlled correlation implies causation. That's what experiments are for!
Anon84 17y ago
Reread my comment... I never said it did, I just said that people tend to confuse the two.