Thinking more about headlines like this, I wish we could just replace the word "linked" with the words "correlates with"
Society really needs to use either the term correlation or causation more often so we can always have the "correlation does not imply causation" discussion and hammer that home until it's common knowledge and common sense.
The word "link" to me is a weasel word meant to plant the thought "causation" when only correlation is merited.
Society really needs to use either the term correlation or causation more often so we can always have the "correlation does not imply causation" discussion and hammer that home until it's common knowledge and common sense.
The word "link" to me is a weasel word meant to plant the thought "causation" when only correlation is merited.