Causation versus correlation. While Facebook is a cesspool for false information, the main source of deception is a confusion of causation and correlation. Know the Difference We are terrible at knowing the difference between causation and correlation. We are especially vulnerable in the places of our greatest pain—a daughter with a medical condition, a waistline which feels out of control, the symptoms of aging which we want to avoid, or a lingering disease which justContinue Reading…