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Surprise: normal-weight people spend time sunbathing, while obese people do not.

This is a great example of why correlation does not imply causation.

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Note that there are few ethical ways to prove single variable causation over long times in human studies :)

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0 pointseurasiantiger3y ago0 comments

Surprise: normal-weight people spend time sunbathing, while obese people do not.

This is a great example of why correlation does not imply causation.

Note that there are few ethical ways to prove single variable causation over long times in human studies :)

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