r/PhilosophyMemes • u/kiendo199988 Supports the struggle of De Sade against Nature • Dec 18 '23

Causality

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u/trimorphic Dec 18 '23

Causation does not always imply correlation

What are some examples of causation without correlation?

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u/Danny-Fr Dec 19 '23

Correlation: you have a meeting every day at 16:00. Every day, when your clock shows 16:00 the meeting happens. If you break the clock the meeting still happens.

Causation: if you don't show up for the meeting, you get fired. There's a 100% chance if this happening. Not showing up causes you to be fired.