Spurious Correlations

The more the US spends on science and space exploration, the more people hang themselves?

I’ve seen the graph so it must be true!

source: tylervigen.com

The blog “Spurious Correlations” demonstrates that correlation doesn’t equal causation.

Tags: math

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