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smallnamespace · 2017-09-07 16:01:58+00:00

Yes on the relationship, no on the direction of causality

olalonde | karma 25101 | avg karma 4.21 · | 2011-05-07 06:46:14

Might not be a causality relationship though.

nostromo | karma 47008 | avg karma 10.15 · | 2015-04-27 11:32:50

But is it a causal relationship?

daodedickinson | karma 250 | avg karma 0.47 · | 2017-02-10 14:19:51

I think the causality is more in the other direction.

alisonkisk | karma 500 | avg karma 0.24 · | 2020-12-15 14:42:47+00:00

Are you sure that's the direction causality runs?

fastball | karma 11107 | avg karma 1.97 · | 2021-04-13 11:18:14

I don't think causality has been demonstrated, no?

jkn | karma 1328 | avg karma 4.94 · | 2012-09-21 14:13:34

True, but the article makes the point that the causality doesn't go only one way.

wefarrell | karma 2283 | avg karma 4.14 · | 2023-06-08 15:57:19

I never implied a causal relationship, they are two sides of the same coin.

andrewprock | karma 534 | avg karma 0.89 · | 2018-01-09 06:28:52+00:00

No, it's evidence that they are correlated, not causal.

garmaine | karma 2787 | avg karma 0.77 · | 2018-10-01 11:13:00+00:00

That's not a causal relationship.

simo7 | karma 200 | avg karma 1.68 · | 2017-08-08 10:01:36+00:00

Well correlation has not direction of causality, but I get your point.

Although not sure why you see it that way, seems easier to explain the other way around to me.

black_puppydog | karma 7365 | avg karma 4.89 · | 2020-09-10 20:35:10+00:00

No, one implies a causality that the other doesn't.

bryanlarsen | karma 33883 | avg karma 3.16 · | 2020-10-23 16:37:52+00:00

Where did I mention any causality?

nirmal | karma 2698 | avg karma 5.08 · | 2008-05-31 22:51:24

Correlation is not causality.

DanielBMarkham | karma 44322 | avg karma 5.48 · | 2008-08-24 00:00:51+00:00

Correlation does not equal causality.

zimpenfish | karma 8997 | avg karma 1.63 · | 2017-07-28 11:29:15+00:00

There's a connection -- but whether it's a valid, proven, causal connection is another matter.

mirimir | karma 16819 | avg karma 1.63 · | 2017-02-03 03:35:12+00:00

Fair enough. But what about the causality issue?

fiatjaf | karma 3878 | avg karma 0.9 · | 2018-03-15 01:12:58+00:00

Who's implying that causal relationship when the contrary is just as likely?

fnordsensei | karma 2344 | avg karma 3.62 · | 2015-01-20 14:14:54+00:00

Correlation does not imply causation, however. There could be a more complex relationship between the two than direct causality.

xorfish | karma 856 | avg karma 1.99 · | 2017-05-13 17:39:00

Correlation does not imply causality...