Logic / Unit 7 Logic 342 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Correlation vs. Causation
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The idea
Every correlation between A and B admits four explanations: coincidence, A causes B, B causes A, or some C causes both.
In practice
Ice cream sales track drowning deaths. The C is summer.
Where people slip
The work is eliminating three rivals, not celebrating the survivor. Video 389 names what happens when the work is skipped.
Your place on the trail
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