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BevelGear@beehaw.org to Jokes and Humor@beehaw.org · 2 years ago

Spurious Correlations

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Spurious Correlations

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BevelGear@beehaw.org to Jokes and Humor@beehaw.org · 2 years ago
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Beware of cheese. You may be next.

More at https://tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations

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  • ninjan@lemmy.mildgrim.com
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    Ok but why did bedsheet entanglement deaths double between 2000 and 2009? That seems extremely odd.

    • ArtZuron@beehaw.org
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      My guess is that they started noticing it more than before. Sort of like how autism rates skyrocketed once it became something people actually checked.

    • Knusper@feddit.de
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      And how do you even die from that?

      • ninjan@lemmy.mildgrim.com
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        Babies and very old people. Suffocation.

        • Knusper@feddit.de
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          Hmm. That does not sound like a fun way to go out…

  • Björn Tantau@swg-empire.de
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    You can probably get a ton of these correlations because a lot of stuff just depends on population increase.

    • TheGreenGolem@lemm.ee
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      Yepp, that’s exactly the point of the site linked in the post. I could even say: yes, that’s the joke.

      • sandriver@beehaw.org
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        it’s per capita cheese consumption though, so shouldn’t it be independent to population increase?

        • TheGreenGolem@lemm.ee
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          they are just random statistics which are randomly correlating. it’s funny. that’s it. don’t imagine too much into it.

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            I’m getting nerd sniped by this though!

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