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Comment by jdkuepper

Another paradox is why the media always seems to portray meta studies (correlation) as fact (causation).

This just in: Margarine Causes Divorce in Maine [1]

1. http://tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations (99.3% correlation between Maine's divorce rate and margarine consumption)

parent jdkuepper 11 years ago

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