So now we’ve solved it: far-right voting patterns in eastern Germany explained by a map of alcohol dependence. Data science at its finest.
Next step: explain global politics with Trump’s Diet Coke addiction.
#Germany #AfD #FarRight #Satire #DataScience #CorrelationNotCausation
I tried to get @xkcd.com to sign my books on three occasions when he was in Edinburgh. On the first two times one of my cats died. Third time I decided not to go, just in case. #CorrelationNotCausation.
'Up on distant rolling hill,
As if by mere happenstance,
Stands a pure black stallion still,
As wind and sunlight dance.
He rises up so to advance,
Demanding they heed his will.
Lo the winds die by chance,
And the stallion celebrates his kill.'
#poem #CorrelationNotCausation #CauseAndEffect
The #Orioles are 2-0 in the post-Bryan Baker era. Coincidence? I think not. #trolling #correlationnotcausation #hashtag
Disgraced ex-doctor David Geier—banned for unethical autism "research"—was hired to revisit the vaccine-autism myth. But correlation isn’t causation. Vaccines don’t cause autism. Full stop.
#VaccinesWork #AutismAcceptance #StopMisinformation #CorrelationNotCausation
#DavidGrier #StopTheStudy
8/12 The big limitation: these studies show correlation, not causation. Babies with neurodevelopmental differences may have difficulties breastfeeding. #CorrelationNotCausation #ResearchLimits
