Quote by Sean Chercover Download Open image ““Correlation does not imply causation,”” — Sean Chercover ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.1 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare
I'm very familiar with how people can confuse correlation with causation. — Tim Ferriss Copy Share Image
Those who use 'Correlation is not the same as causation' as a magic incantation to dismiss all fact-using professions are fools holding a lit… — David Brin Copy Share Image
“Failure to understand the context in which correlations are observed leads to false conclusions. The” — Mervyn King Copy Share Image
“Most of you will have heard the maxim "correlation does not imply causation." Just because two variables have a statistical relationship with each other… — Nate Silver Copy Share Image
Correlation doesn’t imply causation, but it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively and gesture furtively while mouthing ‘look over there.’ — Randall Munroe Copy Share Image
When we see a strong correlation, and the matter at-hand is something with major health or safety or security implications, then we are behooved… — David Brin Copy Share Image
“As you can see, it is very hard to say what causation is. This has led some philosophers to deny that there are causes… — David S. Kidder Copy Share Image
The invalid assumption that correlation implies cause is probably among the two or three most serious and common errors of human reasoning. — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
A great book seeks to explain causality, not correlation. It works to point out the circumstances in which it works, and where it doesn't.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Throughout history, the men competing to shape the future had collected lost sheep to use as pawns in their game, cannon fodder in their… — Sean Chercover Copy Share Image
“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. It was the third of Arthur C. Clarke’s three laws of prediction.” — Sean Chercover Copy Share Image
“And truthfully, when microbiologists talk amongst ourselves, off the record after a few glasses of wine, the optimists admit their optimism is more wishful… — Sean Chercover Copy Share Image
“many people, not just Americans, make the mistake of taking it neat. He explained how Scotch is made, saying, ‘Fer heaven’s sake, we add… — Sean Chercover Copy Share Image
“there’s three sides to every story: yours, mine, and the truth. I can only give you mine.” — Sean Chercover Copy Share Image
“productivity meetings were just about the least productive thing ever devised by middle management, and that was saying plenty. Those corporate frat boys were… — Sean Chercover Copy Share Image
“how he hated the word “homeland”; it sounded just one step shy of “fatherland”—” — Sean Chercover Copy Share Image
“that’s what religion is. A philosophy of coping. It may bring comfort to the dispossessed, but comfort isn’t good for the dispossessed. The dispossessed… — Sean Chercover Copy Share Image
“But you better know now, it’s the way of life. Everything you love goes away in the end.” — Sean Chercover Copy Share Image
“All that human energy, wasted, in response to the simple fact that we know we are going to die, and we don't know what… — Sean Chercover Copy Share Image
