What causes what? The human brain is programmed to answer this
question constantly. This how we survive. What made that noise? Bear
made that noise. What caused my hand to hurt? Fire caused my hand to
hurt.
We are so eager to figure what causes what — that we
often get it wrong. I wore my lucky hat to the game. My team won.
Therefore, my lucky hat caused my team to win.
On today's show we dive deep into the world of correlation and causation with Charles Wheelan, author of the new book, Naked Statistics.
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