Correlation vs. Causality: The Debunked Link Between Ice Cream and Polio | Freakonomics

Bad historical assumptions about why things happen - after all, ice cream consumption was blamed for causing polio once upon a time.
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[@GabrielHasbun]

"Correlation is not causality" explained, somewhat.

[@doaloganpaul3018]

I’m depressed

[@1948BigCy]

I heard swimming pools in the summer caused polio, or spread polio.

[@cowanjenkins1823]

Yo dis da best exampl ov crrlation vs cazation i eva saw #CCHS Go Rams!

[@mymcbx2]

Rttyg

[@mattcramer5227]

5 years down the road. I wonder where you are now.

[@norbertfinta8329]

@@mattcramer5227 3 years down the road. I wonder where you are now.

[@ornelasdavid]

Or that ice cream increased your chance of drowning

[@EnemyNation]

So what caused polio to spike in the summer, the ice cream sales are obvious.

[@dahliac8892]

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[@kerryf864]

That is NOT Kaptain Kangaroo's voice!

[@nsoper19]

I hear many arguments to say that correlation does not imply causation, but how on earth does one prove causality? Seems nobody knows?

[@allenlomax601]

Experiment

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[@abdullahsaidi8718]

didnt teach me anything

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Fortnite doesn’t teach you anything either