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You might enjoy this article: "Correlation does not imply causation: How the Internet fell in love with a stats-class cliché"

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/201...

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That comment was such an epic burn, it contributed to global warming!

... Which is why, I suspect, the commenter you replied to won't believe it either. Sigh.

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Cliche or not, in this case and many other cases, it remains true.