Correlation is not causation

[Joseph Tracy]

Apparently even causation may not be causation, but it could at least be a tendency toward correlation.  
On Dec 26, 2013, at 9:01 PM, H. R. Riley wrote:

> The Immortal David Hume got it right. Causation is correlation.
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> On Sat, Nov 30, 2013 at 4:15 AM, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Same series as the Comedy; An introduction book I recently read and alluded to here.
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> yes, Imma gonna get me one too....
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> From: Peter Petto <ppetto at ppetto.com>
> To: pynchon -l <pynchon-l at waste.org> 
> Sent: Friday, November 29, 2013 9:00 PM
> Subject: Re: Correlation is not causation
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> Correlation is not causation…but as they say, it’s a hell of a clue.
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> (Causation isn’t happening when correlation is absent.)
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> Thanks for pointing us to this book. I look forward to reading it.
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>   Peter++
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> On Nov 27, 2013, at 11:00 PM, Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > http://blog.oup.com/2013/11/correlation-is-not-causation/
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> > http://global.oup.com/academic/product/causation-a-very-short-introduction-9780199684434;jsessionid=7729A325E6079FEA455388F363DA492C?cc=us&lang=en&
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