I've taken to substituting: "correlation only implies a third of causation..."
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@knutson_brain@EricRWeinstein correlation is evidence of causation (but does not confirm it) is most correct.
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but also the reverse: people for whom correlation is proof of causation.
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So very true. Painfully true. It hurts. Help.
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Most likely people with no skin in the game that can afford to speculate without being forced to act. No use for heuristics.
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- dis-educated guess: saddles the doer with the deed ...
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Throw in "the plural of anecdote is not data" and you get miseducated people who won't believe their own eyes.
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the original was "the plural of anecdote is data".
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Don't assume their education caused them to hold that view. We don't know that.
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