2005-01-02 20:07 | fche blog seriously causations and correlations
Next time you or someone you love confuses the concepts of causation vs. correlation when relating events to each other, point them to this little illustration.
It’s a news clipping sent to me some time after my 1989 Shad Valley days, by a friend who helped me found the short-lived Canadian Carrot Club.
Statistically speaking – Garry Fairbairn
AgriMarketing magazine recently quoted this ad, produced by the (U.S.) National Institute of Statistical and Competitive Analysis:
Carrots lead to death, war, crime and disease!
FACT – More than 99% of all sick Americans have eaten carrots.
FACT – 99% of all who die from cancer have eaten carrots.
FACT – Most victims of car and plane crashes have eaten carrots.
FACT – Juvenile delinquents come from homes where carrots are eaten.
FACT – 100% of those born in 1839 and ate carrots are now dead.