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ericatdallas
01-22-2012, 02:59 PM
Source: http://www.geekinheels.com/2011/12/11/correlation-does-not-equal-causation.html


http://www.geekinheels.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/correlation_does_not_equal_causation_1.png
http://www.geekinheels.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/correlation_does_not_equal_causation_2.png
http://www.geekinheels.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/correlation_does_not_equal_causation_3.png
http://www.geekinheels.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/correlation_does_not_equal_causation_4.png
http://www.geekinheels.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/correlation_does_not_equal_causation_5.png
http://www.geekinheels.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/correlation_does_not_equal_causation_6.png


Source: http://xkcd.com/552/

http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/correlation.png

Wes
01-22-2012, 11:28 PM
A few;)

chrisb01
01-23-2012, 02:51 AM
Very cool...

roundfishross
01-23-2012, 10:51 AM
well I for one hope at least the fith one down is accurate;)

shoveltrash
01-23-2012, 02:30 PM
Correlation does not equal causation
oh NO!!!!!!!!!!
this just trashes my system of problem-solving LOL.
:jester: