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No it isn't, correlation is evidence of correlation but it doesn't even imply causation.

Unless you believe correlation is providing evidence of causation here:

http://gizmodo.com/5977989/internet-explorer-vs-murder-rate-...

and here:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikaandersen/2012/03/23/true-fa...



>Unless you believe correlation is providing evidence of causation here:

In both cases, yes, it is evidence of causation. However the low prior probability of causation in each case massively overwhelms the evidence provided by observing a correlation.

Here's an easy way to tell if A is evidence of B: ask the inverse question - is "not A" evidence of "not B". If so, it is trivially provable that the answer is yes.




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