Spurious

beautifully meaningless correlations

Encyclopaedia Britannica print sets sold

correlates with

Atmospheric CO2 at Mauna Loa

r = -0.98899% · 2002-2012
Encyclopaedia Britannica print sets soldAtmospheric CO2 at Mauna Loa

These two datasets have a 99% correlation over 2002-2012. Remember: correlation does not imply causation. But it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively.

spuriouscorrelation ≠ causation

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