Correlation Is Not Causation

 

CORRELATION IS NOT CAUSATION.  Oh Oh, WHAT a boring thread.  That's the initial reaction I anticipate now.  BUT given me some breathing room to shed light on my side. Firstly, you might wonder, WHAT does this got to do with our daily life?  My quick retort:  A LOT AS IN A LOT.  WHY? Everyday from the time we wake up and even WHEN we're deep asleep, a lot of things are going on and some of it seemingly have its ramifications to us [even WHEN we're asleep].  Seriously😡😡😡 

Let's face it.  Some things happening even at the other side of the globe can have its ramifications even to us across the globe.  WHEN a major Middle East conflict escalates into a full-blown war.  WHEN a major passage way in the international waters gets blockaded.  WHEN there is a supply embargo from an exporting country that impacts the importing country.  WHEN an organization's business performance plummets significantly and unable to recover even after a year.  Name it.  One too many things happening around WHICH can indirectly impact on us😡😡😡

So, WHERE's the beef?  The recurring mix-up happens WHEN some of us get used to [wrongly] believe that CORRELATION equates to CAUSATION.  That WHEN someone catches cold, it's because someone beside OR nearby him sneezed.  That WHEN children underperform in school, it's because their parent-financier WHO's working overseas 10,000 miles away, was NOT consistently providing the financial support in a timely manner.   That WHEN a country's economy nosedives, it's because the U.S. dollar was over-performing.  That WHEN a plurality of a third world country's population struggle in life, it's because they belong to the third world.  That WHEN someone hits the rough patches at work, it's because of an overly tough boss managing with a heavy hand❎❎❎

Truth of the matter, allow me to go back to the fact that CORRELATION IS NOT CAUSATION.  It's true, there are circumstances that tie-up two things together BUT it's NOT a conclusion that should prevail by default.  Take friendships as a relevant example,  WHY is it that some friendships flounder as fast as they sprouted WHEREAS there are enduring friendships that endure even a lifetime???

Our takeaway:  Much as we can talk about generalities, anything that happens between Tom, Dick and Harry remain unique for the most part.  WHEN Tom succeeds in life, it's NOT because of his close buddy Dick.  And WHEN Harry struggles in life, likely it's NOT because of his affinity to Tom and Dick.  Lesson here is for us to compartmentalize events in our life because more often than NOT, life takes its own course, very much akin to the waters starting from the streams finding their way towards the mouth of river because it goes out to the high seas.  YES dude, CORRELATION IS NOT CAUSATION😡😡😡