Spurious

beautifully meaningless correlations

Total student loan debt outstanding

correlates with

Active geocaches worldwide

r = 0.96897% · 2005-2022
Total student loan debt outstandingActive geocaches worldwide

These two datasets have a 97% correlation over 2005-2022. Remember: correlation does not imply causation. But it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively.

spuriouscorrelation ≠ causation

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