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[edit] Correlation/causation

I removed it because there were enough examples of science screwing up in this regard - that is, one. We don't need to have six examples that say the same thing. It's unnecessary clutter, and it makes the article merely a coatrack for "disturbing" examples of correlation that does not equal causation. Wikipedia isn't here to educate the public on every single time scientists have "disturbingly" misinterpreted evidence, at least not in unrelated articles such as this one (Obviously, I have no problem with a mention of these mistakes in the appropriate article). ♠PMC♠ 03:26, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

OK, I see your point, although I've been working on the Hungarian version of numerous Logical Fallacies and I found that having a few examples (normally more than one) helps a lot in explaining the specific fallacy. As these are really categories with various subtypes (such as common cause for A and B, or reverse causality, coincidence etc.) having more examples -- obviously not tons of them -- is more help than unnecessary redundancy. Multiple examples help for the reader to extract the common theme or pattern, and is less likely to misunderstand it.