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Not the same (gregtech.eu)

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 weeks ago (9 children)

I like the meme, but I don't think it actually works. The implication here is that there's a correlation between confusing correlation with causation and dying. But there isn't such a correlation. You are statistically equally likely to die either way

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (5 children)

~~THATS THE JOKE~~

I see the confusion now. It’s evident in the thread below. Carry on.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

No, it's not. The joke is that there is a correlation, but that actually correlation doesn't mean causation. But here we have a situation where there is neither correlation nor causation.

The problem is that the joke suggests that correlation is when A -> B (or at least it appears as such). Implication (in formal logic) is not the same as correlation.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

Yup.

If the rate of dying is 100% for all humans.

Then the rate of dying for both humans who confuse correlation and causation and those who don’t is 100%. Hence there is no correlation between the confusion and dying. So no one is confusing correlation or causation, because neither are present.

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