Whether there is another cause that is common to both events is irrelevant to the example. The example is to demonstrate the fact that while A and B are correlated, neither A causes B nor B causes A are true predicates. Just like the discovery of Pluto and autism diagnosis are correlated to start around the same year, there's no evidence of the casual link where discovering Pluto causes autism diagnosis or autism diagnosis causes Pluto discovery.
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Something doesn't have to exist forever to have meaning, that seems like a holdover from utopic afterlife religious indoctrination.
We can enjoy a movie or a lunch knowing it will end, I can pursue meaning and find multiple purposes throughout a lifetime.
No, the opposite; it's a classic example showing that correlation doesn't necessitate causation. I was just playing with the phrasing to imply the humorous inverse that there is a casual link.
Coast to Coast AM was fun to listen to before the 2010s
Shark attacks cause ice cream sales
Some games are Skinner box slot machine dopamine pumps and stores with games attached, some are art, and everything else is somewhere in between.
Diversity, equity, and inclusion get in the way of their nepotism and cronyism hiring. If they were hiring based on merit alone there would be no problem being transparent and publishing their hiring decisions.
It's solar powered so I just wait for night time to clear it then do the next problem in the morning
"The last thing I would do is trust a computer program," says the owner of a car company developing self driving & rocket company building automation into rocket launches.
Foreign government, moneyed interests, or domestic dipshits, taking all bets.
Ah hell, that's how I first read it then I second guessed myself on the irony later!