[TML] Propagation times for news services in Imperium

[Tom B]

On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 11:22 AM, Bruce Johnson <
johnson at pharmacy.arizona.edu> wrote:

>
> On Mar 29, 2008, at 10:00 PM, Tom B wrote:
> > On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 12:00 PM, Bruce Johnson <
> > johnson at pharmacy.arizona.edu> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> I can drown this place with all sorts of spurious correlations :-)
> >>
> >
> > Mantra:
> > Correlation != Causation.
> > Correlation != Causation.
> > Correlation != Causation.
> > Repeat 997 more times.
>
> Jeez, it appears that the list now needs explicit <I am being
> sarcastic!><IABS> tags...I thought the word 'spurious' covered it...
>

Nah, I gotcha. I just love to get that one out whenever I can since people
so routinely conflate correlation and causation. Spurious correlations can
be quite amusing. I just wish the government and sundry corporations didn't
engage in so much of it unintentionally or with nefarious purpose.

TomB