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Old 12-04-10 | 04:11 PM
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Originally Posted by mzeffex
Correlation does not equal causation.
not sure I would arrive at that one.

here's a better example of using that scientific meme as a fallacy:

observation: this thread revealed useful information
observation: pcad posted in this thread
conclusion: pcad must be responsible for the useful information

(leaving out the important variable = pcad posts in EVERY thread)

correlation does not imply causation
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