Spurious

beautifully meaningless correlations

Divorce rate in Maine

correlates with

Americans who believe the Earth is flat

r = -0.98498% · 2011-2022
Divorce rate in MaineAmericans who believe the Earth is flat

These two datasets have a 98% correlation over 2011-2022. Remember: correlation does not imply causation. But it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively.

spuriouscorrelation ≠ causation

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