Comments on: Common Thinking Traps – Correlation and Causation

By: Vin - NaturalBias

Vin - NaturalBias — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:39:51 +0000

Hey Stephen,

Great topic! It’s especially relevant to epidemiological research. Correlations give us clues and sometimes even help us identify a cause, but they don’t prove the cause.
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By: Richard | RichardShelmerdine.com

Richard | RichardShelmerdine.com — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 09:48:44 +0000

Arghh we had a psychology teacher in school who used to say this EVERY DAY! Great memories. So true as well. I used to thin that Man Utd lost every time I went out to watch them. It change with the City and Arsenal games though
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By: solidmastery

solidmastery — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 15:20:14 +0000

Finally. After all these years of pretending to know the difference from correlation and causation, I get it.
Thanks TheRatRaceTrap.
I guess I learn best by a series of examples.

Proceeding, I will have to examine all 6 angles before I espouse a theory, form a conjecture, or argue a point.

Were we supposed to have learned this in school?

By: Tess The Bold Life

Tess The Bold Life — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:28:17 +0000

I agree with every word! So many people are acting like the sky is falling and it’s not. The only thing falling are the old systems. Only if they fail will the new ones be put into place and this book is asking us to be part of the new. Count me in!
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By: Stephen Mills

Stephen Mills — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:15:21 +0000

Hi Amit, you hit it on the head with this:

“When it’s all put into perspective it’s always better to come up with your own understanding of the truth through research.”

The Internet is fantastic for research but it’s not to good at filtering quality. You have to do that yourself.

By: Stephen Mills

Stephen Mills — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:12:45 +0000

Hi Patti! My left brain struggles with the right brain stuff

By: Stephen Mills

Stephen Mills — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:05:35 +0000

Hello Nimit. Welcome and thanks for the comment.

By: Stephen Mills

Stephen Mills — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:03:13 +0000

Hi Dani, thanks for all your support

By: Stephen Mills

Stephen Mills — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:47:01 +0000

Hello Eduard. That’s great. Our brains look for patterns so we want to find explanations and correlations are the ideal for that. I often find myself wanting to fall into the trap. On the other hand, in a well designed experiment a high correlation can indicate a significant effect.

By: Amit Sodha - The Power Of Choice

Amit Sodha - The Power Of Choice — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:40:49 +0000

I very rarely listen to what I hear in the media. I don’t personally drink but one week you’ll hear, drinking alcohol is good for so and so, the next week you’ll hear, alcohol is bad for so and so.

When it’s all put into perspective it’s always better to come up with your own understanding of the truth through research.

There is so much biased information out there it’s very important to find out for yourself. Great post Stephen
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