# Correlation vs Causation

Two things happening together doesn't mean one caused the other — recognise the difference between correlation and causation before drawing conclusions

Builds on: Describing Rules & Patterns (soft, https://ai.page/c/describing-rules-and-patterns/en.md), Could there be another explanation? (hard, https://ai.page/c/could-there-be-another-explanation/en.md)

Concept id: correlation-vs-causation. Subject: science. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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