"Everyone who confuses correlation with causation…

“Correlation does not imply causation” is a popular phase. “Every single person who confuses correlation and causation ends up dying” (also “Everyone who confuses correlation with causation eventually ends up dead” and “100% of people who confuse correlation with causation end up dead”) is a variation of the saying that has been printed on many images. Of course, everyone eventually dies.

“I’m just sayin’, everyone that confuses correlation with causation eventually ends up dead” was posted on X/Twitter by Siberian fox🔸 on September 14, 2015. “Everyone who confuses correlation with causation eventually ends up dead. #WeekendTweet” was posted on X/Twitter by Alan Cooper on December 20, 2015.

“so why do 100% of people who confuse correlation with causation end up dead?” was posted on Reddit—Shittyaskscience on February 1, 2018. “100% of people who confuse correlation with causation end up dead” was posted on X/Twitter by Matt on February 2, 2018.

“Every single person who confuses correlation and causation ends up dying” was posted on X/Twitter by Hannah Fry on February 13, 2023, and this received over 40,000 likes. “Every single person who confuses correlation and causation ends up dying” (shown on a cartoon) was posted on Innovation Evangelism (Timo Elliott) on November 21, 2023, and this cartoon was posted on X/Twitter by Elon Musk on April 9, 2024.

Wikipedia: Correlation does not imply causation
The phrase “correlation does not imply causation” refers to the inability to legitimately deduce a cause-and-effect relationship between two events or variables solely on the basis of an observed association or correlation between them. The idea that “correlation implies causation” is an example of a questionable-cause logical fallacy, in which two events occurring together are taken to have established a cause-and-effect relationship. This fallacy is also known by the Latin phrase cum hoc ergo propter hoc (‘with this, therefore because of this’). This differs from the fallacy known as post hoc ergo propter hoc (“after this, therefore because of this”), in which an event following another is seen as a necessary consequence of the former event, and from conflation, the errant merging of two events, ideas, databases, etc., into one.

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Siberian fox🔸
@SilverVVulpes
I’m just sayin’, everyone that confuses correlation with causation eventually ends up dead.
1:22 PM · Sep 14, 2015

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BDW Biotechnologies
@BDW_Biotech
All I’m saying is, everyone who confuses correlation with causation eventually ends up dead
5:05 PM · Dec 4, 2015

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Dissociated Dissertator
@abbie_shew
Studies show that 100% of people who confuse correlation with causation will die
5:43 PM · Dec 15, 2015

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Alan Cooper
@MrAlanCooper
Everyone who confuses correlation with causation eventually ends up dead. #WeekendTweet
3:41 PM · Dec 20, 2015

Reddit—Shittyaskscience
Heliocentrist—February 1, 2018
so why do 100% of people who confuse correlation with causation end up dead?

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Matt
@mattdawod
100% of people who confuse correlation with causation end up dead
1:06 AM · Feb 2, 2018 from Corpus Christi, TX

Reddit—WhitePeopleTwitter
tacobellblake—April 19, 2019
100% of people who confuse correlation with causation end up dead.

Reddit—Showerthoughts
[deleted]—September 30, 2020
Everyone who confuses correlation with causation, eventually ends up dead.

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Hannah Fry
@FryRsquared
Every single person who confuses correlation and causation ends up dying.
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Greg Hands
@GregHands
Feb 12, 2023
People more likely to be victims of crime in Labour-run areas, new study shows.
https://telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/02/11/people-likely-victims-crime-labour-run-areas/
6:15 PM · Feb 13, 2023

Tom Hartwell
Everyone who confuses correlation with causation ends up dead
Posted on April 5, 2023 by tomhartwell
Sometimes it is easy to confuse correlation and causation. If I told you everyone who confuses correlation with causation ended up dead, would this confusion cause one’s death or would it be just correlated?

Innovation Evangelism (Timo Elliott)
Correlation vs Causation Cartoon
Did you know that every single person who confuses correlation and causation ends up dying?! 😵
Posted November 21, 2023 in Uncategorized by Timo Elliott
(The following text is shown.—ed.)
EVERY SINGLE PERSON
WHO CONFUSES
CORRELATION AND
CAUSATION ENDS UP
DYING

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Elon Musk
@elonmusk
What are the odds? 😂
(The cartoon is shown.—ed.)
7:55 AM · Apr 9, 2024

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timoelliott.bsky.social
@timoelliott
Elon tweeted out my cartoon! (I know you have doubts, but see the tiny text in the lower right hand corner 😀).
Presumably this is the closest I will ever get to internet fame…
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Elon Musk
@elonmusk
Apr 9
What are the odds? 😂
1:55 AM · Apr 10, 2024

Reddit—Showerthoughts
theredbeardedhacker—May 19, 2024
Every single person who confuses correlation and causation ends up dying.
Borrowed from Timo Elliott’s blog/cartoon.