“correlation does not imply causation”

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I’ve seen this referenced a lot, especially with psychology, but can someone explain what exactly it means? How does correlation not imply causation? Sometimes, does correlation ever imply causation?

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Cities with more Churches also have more alcoholics.

There is a big correlation between these two factors.

However they are just correlated. There’s no casual link between these two variables.

The real answer is *larger populations* have more of both.

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