Spurious

beautifully meaningless correlations

Global data created per year

correlates with

Average NFL player salary

r = 0.95896% · 2015-2023
Global data created per yearAverage NFL player salary

These two datasets have a 96% correlation over 2015-2023. Remember: correlation does not imply causation. But it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively.

spuriouscorrelation ≠ causation

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