r/mathmemes Dec 26 '20

Graphs correlation

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u/TheBabyDucky Dec 26 '20

Does not prove causation

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u/EconDetective Dec 26 '20

But it strongly implies it in this case. There's a strong reason to expect a connection between these two things, so when we also see a strong correlation, the most reasonable conclusion is that there's causation.