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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Just because 2 things (A and B) happen at the same time (they are Correlated) it does not necessarily mean that A is causing (Causation) B.
E.g. Someone notices that when they see lots of umbrellas outside (A) it is also raining (B). But we won’t not say that umbrellas cause it to rain. The causation is actually there other way around in this example.
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