Yup, you got it right. The wording is important. Apparently, if your name is Elwood you're more likely to be a farmer today. But that obviously doesn't mean th

Yup, you got it right. The wording is important. Apparently, if your name is Elwood you're more likely to be a farmer today. But that obviously doesn't mean that kids named Elwood are more likely to become farmers (it could, but I'm afraid you're gonna have to proof that). Wikipedia has some simple examples: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correlation_does_not_imply_causation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correlation_does_not_imply_cau...