Spurious

beautifully meaningless correlations

US national debt

correlates with

Average NFL player salary

r = 0.98899% · 2005-2022
US national debtAverage NFL player salary

These two datasets have a 99% correlation over 2005-2022. Remember: correlation does not imply causation. But it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively.

spuriouscorrelation ≠ causation

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