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231 points cachecrab | 3 comments | 27 Jun 22 19:45 UTC | HN request time: 1.894s | source

1. standardUser ◴[27 Jun 22 20:32 UTC] No.31900390[source]▶

If anyone out there thinks there are still people who don't realize that "correlation does not equal causation", don't worry, we all know.

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2. bink ◴[27 Jun 22 20:38 UTC] No.31900467[source]▶

>>31900390 (TP) #

Now you just have to convince them that scientists know how to control for these effects.

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3. Jensson ◴[28 Jun 22 02:08 UTC] No.31903342[source]▶

>>31900467 #

Scientists are incentivised to not control for these effects, so often they don't. Especially in papers reaching the news since they are usually "ground breaking" because they abused statistics.

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