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by dragonwriter 1738 days ago
> If two things have a causative connection they ALWAYS have a correlation as well.

Only “ALWAYS” when you completely control for all other influences. It's possible for a causal relation to not have a correlation otherwise.

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Yeah you're right, but you do get my point. I should write, causation ALWAYS IMPLIES correlation.