A student sent me the following infographic which is an excellent illustration of our tendency to confuse correlation with causation:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQJqpvu_JbmGMXugpgbRRFrS9NYXAL7CycHc8_rKOF-eOgiT_9U8_V38PhaJ54atEqzTKKvnkXvJdFC3D_k9TzQur83jKW5D5GirWlrYuDTsIycLKT6X4I31Tiw8WatG8UDyuj6SbkZEE/s640/IMG_3750.PNG) |
The image displays a meme that compares 5G coverage with the hot spots for COVID-19 implying that one caused the other. It then shows a variety of other maps with similar distributions. This illustrates how we often mistake correlation for causation. |
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