Spurious Correlationsimage BevelGear ( @BevelGear@beehaw.org ) Jokes and Humor • 1 year ago message-square10arrow-up196
arrow-up196imageSpurious Correlations BevelGear ( @BevelGear@beehaw.org ) Jokes and Humor • 1 year ago message-square10
minus-square Björn Tantau ( @bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de ) linkfedilink6•1 year agoYou can probably get a ton of these correlations because a lot of stuff just depends on population increase.
minus-square TheGreenGolem ( @TheGreenGolem@lemm.ee ) linkfedilink8•1 year agoYepp, that’s exactly the point of the site linked in the post. I could even say: yes, that’s the joke.
minus-square sandriver ( @sandriver@beehaw.org ) linkfedilink5•1 year agoit’s per capita cheese consumption though, so shouldn’t it be independent to population increase?
minus-square TheGreenGolem ( @TheGreenGolem@lemm.ee ) linkfedilink4•1 year agothey are just random statistics which are randomly correlating. it’s funny. that’s it. don’t imagine too much into it.
minus-square sandriver ( @sandriver@beehaw.org ) linkfedilink2•1 year agoI’m getting nerd sniped by this though!
You can probably get a ton of these correlations because a lot of stuff just depends on population increase.
Yepp, that’s exactly the point of the site linked in the post. I could even say: yes, that’s the joke.
it’s per capita cheese consumption though, so shouldn’t it be independent to population increase?
they are just random statistics which are randomly correlating. it’s funny. that’s it. don’t imagine too much into it.
I’m getting nerd sniped by this though!