Matt Parker

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More or Less · Council of despair · 17 Dec 2010 podcast

And in fact, the only inquiry we got to check the story was BBC Radio Wales, because they wanted to talk about correlation. matched

So I think generally the media have done very well with this. matched

So maybe your constant mentions of correlation not being causality are starting to sink in. matched

It still does happen all the time. matched

Earlier this month, a story came out that mobile phone use in young children causes them to behave badly at school. matched

And there was this causal link when in fact, all the experts came out and said that the study had just found a correlation matched

And in fact, they had over-interpreted their results. matched

There was no obvious causal link. matched

And in fact, there are other ways you can explain that as just being a correlation without causality. matched

And that was covered right across the media. matched

So the error does still occur. matched

There are quagmire of other links between parenting and these sorts of things. matched

There's a strong link between the diet of kids and their behavior and attainment in school. matched

And that's not necessarily because the diet's causing that. matched

It could be as simple as parents who take an interest in their kid's education does have an effect on the kids attaining more. matched

And the same parents would be more, have a closer hand in making sure their kids have a healthy diet. matched

Or there could be other links. matched

It's very difficult to pin an actual causal link. matched

I think it's just our instinct. matched

Our brains have developed to be able to recognize patterns very quickly and respond to them. matched

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