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Warpy

(113,712 posts) Thu May 15, 2014, 07:31 PM May 2014

Correlation does not equal causation [View all]

I found a handy dandy list to bookmark to reference when antivaxers rear their heads. Example, the correlation between cheese consumption and dying by getting tangled in bedding:

They're all good, only I thought the margarine/divorce one might hae something to it. Margarine is nasty stuff.

http://www.tylervigen.com/

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Correlation does not equal causation [View all] Warpy May 2014 OP

Rachel Maddow a couple days ago showed some graphs like this. Archae May 2014 #1

I honestly had no idea it was possible to die like that. trotsky May 2014 #2

It doesn't take much for infants and frail elderly Warpy May 2014 #3

This is a flawed chart edhopper May 2014 #4

Correlation and Causation - Quack Watch EnvironmentalVK Jun 2014 #5

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