Spurious

beautifully meaningless correlations

Firearms found at TSA checkpoints

correlates with

Average NFL player salary

r = 0.95295% · 2009-2023
Firearms found at TSA checkpointsAverage NFL player salary

These two datasets have a 95% correlation over 2009-2023. Remember: correlation does not imply causation. But it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively.

spuriouscorrelation ≠ causation

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