Correlation and causation get confounded because our brains rely on our “vision”, what we see is what we believe. (BTW, this discussion began yesterday with this post- there will be two more in a row.) And, most of our causal explanations are naïve (even if they seem complex)- they rely on the fallacy of a single cause (or two). These oversimplifications help us understand phenomena, so we are positive they are correct.
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I am SO good. Not!
This is not going to make a lot of you happy. I know, because it doesn’t make me happy, either. But, I understand the concept- even if I don’t like the corollary.