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Re:Our World in Data: Suicide by curo on Thursday August 06, 2020 @09:48AM (#24070813)
-0.41 for 65 countries with data in 2015 (most recent year)
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Re:Our World in Data: Suicide by roenxi on Thursday August 06, 2020 @10:00AM (#24070927)
That doesn't mean it isn't spurious. Spurious just means that there isn't a causal relation between the two variables (in either direction).

Check the wiki page; there are some examples there that will make the argument about as eloquently as HN comments.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spurious_correlation

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Re:Our World in Data: Suicide by curo on Thursday August 06, 2020 @11:38AM (#24071902)
ah got it, thanks for the link
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