One of the first things taught in introductory statistics textbooks is that correlation is not causation. It is also one of the first things forgotte… - Thomas Sowell

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One of the first things taught in introductory statistics textbooks is that correlation is not causation. It is also one of the first things forgotten.

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About Thomas Sowell

Thomas Sowell (born June 30, 1930) is an American economist and political commentator. He taught economics at Cornell University, the University of California, Los Angeles, and since 1980 at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, where he is currently Senior Fellow.

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