The Maharishi Effect — the belief that enough TM practitioners meditating can send out peaceful vibes that reduce violence well outside the meditation site — illustrates the correlation vs. causation fallacy: Meditators meditate, crime rates drop, therefore meditators caused the drop. Another example: I rise each day, the sun rises each day, so I must cause the sun to rise. Here's a more timely and intriguing example from a slightly racy economist: http://www.economistsdoitwithmodels.com/2015/02/13/causal-friday-on-the-public-health-implications-of-fifty-shades-of-grey/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+economistsdoitwithmodels+%28Economists+Do+It+With+Models%29
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