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<oerjan> addquote <elliott> my contract states right here that I have to tell you the best version of python is called haskell 2010
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2006-12-09.txt:21:11:06: <bsmntbombdood> Think there's causation? 2008-05-09.txt:15:28:15: <ais523> the problem is dealing sensibly with causation loops 2008-10-08.txt:17:39:01: <psygnisfive> or rather, the notion of causation 2009-03-06.txt:11:57:54: <kerlo> If lack of correlation implies lack of causation, then correlation implies causation. 2009-03-07.txt:19:37:56: <kerlo> Let's see. "If lack of correlation implies lack of causation, then correlation implies causation." 2009-03-07.txt:19:39:27: <kerlo> "If lack of correlation is evidence for lack of causation, then correlation is evidence for causation." 2009-07-09.txt:20:18:54: <ehird> "you idiot." directed at you wasn't a joke, I just implied no causation. 2009-10-09.txt:15:56:36: <ehird> Correlation is not causation, you small-minded dimwit! Especially not with such a tiny sample size... 2010-03-27.txt:05:44:21: <dixon> I know correlation doesn't imply causation--except when it does. 2010-07-01.txt:00:53:36: <Ilari> Fun "paradoxes" ("paradox" in food & health really means "we have the wrong model"): Whole milk is less fattening than skim milk. Epidemilogical studies pick association, animal studies pick causation. 2011-01-15.txt:06:07:43: <pikhq> Answer: correlation ≠ causation. 2011-03-11.txt:19:32:54: <tswett> There are white Africans out there, but, you know. A black swan in the hand does not imply causation. 2011-03-11.txt:19:33:35: <elliott> `addquote <tswett> There are white Africans out there, but, you know. A black swan in the hand does not imply causation. 2011-03-11.txt:19:33:40: <HackEgo> 335) <tswett> There are white Africans out there, but, you know. A black swan in the hand does not imply causation. 2011-03-11.txt:19:36:14: <oerjan> <elliott> What is it with crazy people and being quotable. <-- now is _that_ correlation or causation? 2011-03-12.txt:06:39:03: <elliott> wareya: IT'S CAUSATION! 2011-04-21.txt:11:53:58: <crystal-cola> For Gauss, correlation implies causation. 2011-07-15.txt:20:18:00: <oerjan> no, correlation implies causation, obviously 2011-07-15.txt:20:18:20: <ais523> oerjan: are correlation and causation correlated? 2011-07-15.txt:20:18:26: <ais523> then correlation /causes/ causation! 2011-07-15.txt:20:18:48: -!- ais523 changed the topic of #esoteric to: correlation causes causation | Esoteric programming languages | Logs: http://codu.org/logs/_esoteric/ and http://tunes.org/~nef/logs/esoteric/?C=M;O=D 2011-07-16.txt:13:07:28: <CakeProphet> doesn't causation correlate to correlation? 2011-07-16.txt:13:07:49: <oklopol> yes, but that doesn't mean there's a causation 2011-07-16.txt:13:08:28: <CakeProphet> THEREFORE CAUSATION DOESN'T CAUSE CORRELATION 2011-07-16.txt:14:11:34: <oklofok> correlation correlating with causation is correlated with correlation causes causation, and thus causes correlation to cause causation 2011-07-16.txt:14:11:47: <oklofok> correlation correlating with causation is correlated with correlation causing causation, and thus causes correlation to cause causation 2011-07-20.txt:05:30:17: -!- Lymee changed the topic of #esoteric to: correlation causes causation | Troll programming languages | Logs: http://codu.org/logs/_esoteric/ and http://tunes.org/~nef/logs/esoteric/?C=M;O=D 2011-10-02.txt:10:46:38: <HackEgo> 332) <tswett> There are white Africans out there, but, you know. A black swan in the hand does not imply causation. 2012-01-11.txt:18:29:32: <olsner> hmm, what's that funny quote about causation causing correlation causing the correlation implies causation fallacy? 2012-01-11.txt:18:30:09: <elliott> olsner: "causation causing correlation causing the correlation implies causation fallacy" -olsner 2012-01-11.txt:18:30:55: <olsner> istr it was more similar to "Causation causes correlation causes correlation causes causation." but that doesn't sound quite right either 2012-01-11.txt:18:32:00: <olsner> `pastelog causation 2012-01-11.txt:18:34:07: <olsner> `pastelogs causation