▲ 381 ▼ Correlation implies causation (thelemmy.club) submitted 2 months ago by REDACTED@infosec.pub to c/science_memes@mander.xyz 61 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] tonyn@lemmy.ml 17 points 2 months ago (5 children) It's not just diziness permalink fedilink source hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] Abyssian@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago (4 children) It seems you've discovered a real correlation here! ... it's called "cold season" for a reason, and lots of people will be searching for common ailments at the same time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] tonyn@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago (3 children) That doesn't explain the huge spike over the past 6 months, and cold season has been over for about 5 of those months. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Abyssian@lemmy.world -1 points 2 months ago (2 children) Not cold season alone, for fuck sake. Seasonal allergies, the whole lot. And the big spike you're seeing is because you failed to zoom and actually look at the last 6 months. End of May, beginning of June there were a lot of searches, then it died down. I'm all for conspiracy theories, but at least take the time to apply a tiny bit of logic. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] tonyn@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago I'd expect to see a spike every year if this was a seasonal or annual occurrence permalink fedilink source parent [–] tonyn@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 months ago Up 70% over last year permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Abyssian@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago (4 children) It seems you've discovered a real correlation here! ... it's called "cold season" for a reason, and lots of people will be searching for common ailments at the same time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] tonyn@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago (3 children) That doesn't explain the huge spike over the past 6 months, and cold season has been over for about 5 of those months. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Abyssian@lemmy.world -1 points 2 months ago (2 children) Not cold season alone, for fuck sake. Seasonal allergies, the whole lot. And the big spike you're seeing is because you failed to zoom and actually look at the last 6 months. End of May, beginning of June there were a lot of searches, then it died down. I'm all for conspiracy theories, but at least take the time to apply a tiny bit of logic. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] tonyn@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago I'd expect to see a spike every year if this was a seasonal or annual occurrence permalink fedilink source parent [–] tonyn@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 months ago Up 70% over last year permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tonyn@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago (3 children) That doesn't explain the huge spike over the past 6 months, and cold season has been over for about 5 of those months. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Abyssian@lemmy.world -1 points 2 months ago (2 children) Not cold season alone, for fuck sake. Seasonal allergies, the whole lot. And the big spike you're seeing is because you failed to zoom and actually look at the last 6 months. End of May, beginning of June there were a lot of searches, then it died down. I'm all for conspiracy theories, but at least take the time to apply a tiny bit of logic. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] tonyn@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago I'd expect to see a spike every year if this was a seasonal or annual occurrence permalink fedilink source parent [–] tonyn@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 months ago Up 70% over last year permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Abyssian@lemmy.world -1 points 2 months ago (2 children) Not cold season alone, for fuck sake. Seasonal allergies, the whole lot. And the big spike you're seeing is because you failed to zoom and actually look at the last 6 months. End of May, beginning of June there were a lot of searches, then it died down. I'm all for conspiracy theories, but at least take the time to apply a tiny bit of logic. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] tonyn@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago I'd expect to see a spike every year if this was a seasonal or annual occurrence permalink fedilink source parent [–] tonyn@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 months ago Up 70% over last year permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tonyn@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago I'd expect to see a spike every year if this was a seasonal or annual occurrence permalink fedilink source parent
It's not just diziness
It's not just diziness