A quick refresher on correlation vs. causation (something some people clearly need a refresher on right now)

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Are you sure I ate a whole pile of ice cream this summer and it was real hot here in BC Canada. So much so, some wags are saying it’s climate change! 😉😎

Correlation is not causation.

I'm sure (btw) that if we combine individual and population medical information, including genetically known family-related diseases and individual lifestyles, with the help of AI, we would get better individual guidelines for healthier and longer lives.

Is either group questioned on whether they think that they have the pill or the placebo? Since a patient's mental status on the subject can't or shouldn't be ignored. Also, it would be of value to have a profile performance of 100 people and then divide them into the 2 groups

Correlation doesn't equal causation, so let's not get ahead of ourselves just yet!.

Deliberately mixing up the two is what fuels today’s political climate and extremism