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by jdkuepper
3866 days ago
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Another paradox is why the media always seems to portray meta studies (correlation) as fact (causation). This just in: Margarine Causes Divorce in Maine [1] 1. http://tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations (99.3% correlation between Maine's divorce rate and margarine consumption) |
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correlation vs. causation is a completely different axis of differentiation from meta-study vs. (direct) study, which is a completely different axis of variation from (something that isn't fact) to fact.
So, you've conflated at least three different distinctions there.