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 This post is 9 years old, but I just stumbled across it again, and it’s still worth reading. - Correlation does not even imply correlation https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2014/08/04/correlation-even-imply-correlation/ 
 @fee8392b Nice. I like Steve Sailer's comment on that post:

If A correlates with B, then

A could cause B
or B could cause A
or C could cause both A and B
or it’s just a random fluke
or it’s due to incompetence
or it’s due to fraud or bias
or maybe a few other reasons.