August 7, 2006

Correlation, perhaps — causation, no

Filed under: Culture, Debate, Foolish, TEH INTARWEB — Tim @ 5:31 pm

CNN had a funny headline today – Study: Sexy music triggers teen sex

The study actually found a correlation between the two, not that one causes the other.

Or rather, “Study finds horny kids like horny music.”

I wonder when this one will appear: “Tasty food causes obesity.”

See also, Teaching teaching to teachers about teaching teaching to teachers.

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