Spurious Correlations, or why Math is good for you

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For every time you’ve heard someone say that Correlation is not Causation, and wanted to beat them about the head and shoulders (but you can’t catch me, so I’m safe), here’s a place that gives nice, easy to look at pictures.

http://tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations

(My personal favorite is probably “computer science doctorates and arcade revenue”. There’s even a book, published last year. It’s not deep, but it’s fun. Fun is good, it’s my favorite…outside of coffee.)