Need a handy cartoon to remind people that correlation is not causation? Here you go, from Bloomberg's Vali Chandrisakran via Andrew Sullivan.
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http://xkcd.com/552/
Posted by: ant6n | 12/10/2011 at 17:22
It's like pirates and global warming. RAmen!
Posted by: Alon Levy | 12/10/2011 at 17:37
Ahh, ant6n beat me to it! I link to that xkcd so often it's the only one I have the direct link saved as a bookmark.
Posted by: Bossi | 12/14/2011 at 12:02