“The timing might not be significant,” I said. “Just because two things happen at the same time doesn’t mean… — Ben Aaronovitch
“The timing might not be significant,” I said. “Just because two things happen at the same time doesn’t mean they’re related.”
Abigail gave me a withering look. But everyone assumes causation when they should be thinking coincidence, and correlation when they should be asking whether Twitter is really a reliable source of information.
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