“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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https://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations

The spurious correlation website has some very funny examples of things that are correlated but clearly can’t be causative.

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