Correlation vs Causation
Comments heavily debate whether observed relationships in the article represent mere correlations rather than causation, questioning the strength, existence, and potential spuriousness of these correlations.
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Lovely, but is this anything more than a correlation?
The reason for the correlation being what?
What makes you think about a possible correlation?
Not if just looking at correlation.
They don't need to be causally connected, just be correlated.
What correlation do you see to get to that conclusion?
Have you considered that the two might be correlated?
Why do you think this is correlation?
Bad title. Article only says about correlation.
This seems like exactly the sort of thing that would be susceptible to spurious correlation.