I don't get this attitude, if things are correlated, it should at least make a scientist wonder why. It certainly could be random chance, but correlation can also lead to establishing a causal model or discovering a third variable. If two things keep happening in conjunction, it at least merits further investigation.
It seems like there's this extreme reaction against people behaving like correlation equals causation, but instead of over-emphasizing correlation, it gets dismissed entirely.
It seems like there's this extreme reaction against people behaving like correlation equals causation, but instead of over-emphasizing correlation, it gets dismissed entirely.