Ok, so, what "science" is all aboute? Well, partly about finding correlations. The other part is to discover if that correlation is real. For example people that are talking about "global warming" mostly forget about second part.
How dose it work? How can We find correlation betwean Santa Claus and Aids?
It's easy, You have to compare two curves. You can use google trends - it shows how often topics have been searched on Google over time.
ok, just try SANTA (claus) and AIDS
santa is blue, aids - red.
correlation - obvious!!!!!!
Why? Does that mean that people think of Santa Claus as filthy, immoral, obscene old man with aids?
No, so why there is correlation.
Let's start with comparing google trends curves for CHRISTMAS and SANTA:
natural,
next step is CHRISTMAS and SEX
christmas is red, sex blue. Correlation isn't so perfect, but We belive it exist.
Last step is:
SEX vs. AIDS
and that is why we have correlation SANTA (claus) - AIDS
so, do You belive and undarstand now?
YOU SHOULDN'T!!!! It's an illusion. There IS NO real correlation between SEX and AIDS.
The trick is, that 1 December is World AIDS Day.
Show some compassion to astronomers, almost all their work is finding correlations!
Ps.
Find out why there is anticorrelation with VODKA - POLAND !!!!!!!! XD
3 comments:
Actually, the correlation is real. There is no cause and effect relationship between Santa and Aids.
I've found one more interesting result using google trend. Type love and sex in google trends. (or this link: [ http://www.google.com/trends?q=sex%2C+love&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0 ] If we discuss one-year's maximum there is always the same phase shift between love and sex and love comes after the sex (the time for the women to realize that she's pregnant?) It's seems to describe some tendency in our society, so sad. ;-)
I like "most _sirius_ post" part ;)
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