Love that-- and yes, the ice cream analogy was one that I used to use in teaching forensic science and chemistry at all levels to explore the fallacy of causation as extrapolated from correlation.

In that case, however, I used ice cream sales as correlated by home burglary rates-- the solution is that people leave their windows open for ventilation during warmer weather. wink Same exact idea.


Schrödinger's cat walks into a bar. And doesn't.