Correlation is not Causation
More ice cream is sold in the summer than in the winter. This does not mean that the sale of ice cream causes it to get hot.
There is a very high degree of correlation between Ice cream sales and shark attacks. This does not mean that fear of sharks is causing people to buy ice cream or that sharks attack because the people ate ice cream.
There is a very high degree of correlation between people drowning in pools and the amount of energy produced in nuclear power plants. Again, this does not mean that Nuclear power generation is causing people to drown in swimming pools.
There is a very high correlation between the drop in the rate of people getting measles since 1965 and the drop in the rate of people getting married.
Imagine you measure the rate of 100 things, you will find some have dropped 5% and others have risen 5%. That doesn't mean there is an inverse relation between these two. In fact you can write an algorithm that will correlate just about any two events. For example the per capita consumption of margarine in the US is very closely correlated with the divorce rate in Maine. Another example is the spending on the US space program very closely correlates with suicides in the US.
When Dude653 says there "is some correlation" between those who are being charged (not convicted) of treason with Trump it is the flimsiest and most absurd argument. Remember the six degrees of separation from any person in the world and Kevin Bacon. That is like saying there is "some correlation" between any person in the world and Kevin Bacon.
Initially he said that Trump was charged with treason. I had to ask him three times to get a "citation" before he admitted he wasn't talking about Trump he was talking about the Proud boys and then threw out the lame excuse that "there is some correlation" between the two. This is deceitful.
More ice cream is sold in the summer than in the winter. This does not mean that the sale of ice cream causes it to get hot.
There is a very high degree of correlation between Ice cream sales and shark attacks. This does not mean that fear of sharks is causing people to buy ice cream or that sharks attack because the people ate ice cream.
There is a very high degree of correlation between people drowning in pools and the amount of energy produced in nuclear power plants. Again, this does not mean that Nuclear power generation is causing people to drown in swimming pools.
There is a very high correlation between the drop in the rate of people getting measles since 1965 and the drop in the rate of people getting married.
Imagine you measure the rate of 100 things, you will find some have dropped 5% and others have risen 5%. That doesn't mean there is an inverse relation between these two. In fact you can write an algorithm that will correlate just about any two events. For example the per capita consumption of margarine in the US is very closely correlated with the divorce rate in Maine. Another example is the spending on the US space program very closely correlates with suicides in the US.
When Dude653 says there "is some correlation" between those who are being charged (not convicted) of treason with Trump it is the flimsiest and most absurd argument. Remember the six degrees of separation from any person in the world and Kevin Bacon. That is like saying there is "some correlation" between any person in the world and Kevin Bacon.
Initially he said that Trump was charged with treason. I had to ask him three times to get a "citation" before he admitted he wasn't talking about Trump he was talking about the Proud boys and then threw out the lame excuse that "there is some correlation" between the two. This is deceitful.