A Satirical Comparison of Statistical Correlation and Causation
This image presents a social media exchange that uses satire to illustrate the logical fallacy of confusing correlation with causation. The first post claims a significant increase in autism diagnoses between 1990 and 2026, asserting that vaccines are the cause. The second post responds by highlighting a massive increase in the recorded number of near-Earth asteroids between 1960 and 2026, mockingly concluding that telescopes must be the cause of asteroids. By drawing this parallel, the post highlights how an increase in detection or diagnostic capabilities can be mistaken for an increase in the underlying phenomenon itself.
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1990: Kids played outside. There were no cellphones. Less ultraprocessed food. There school buses, not parents driving children everywhere. Kids biked.
Crazy, before we put a name on what autism is, there was no autism.
ADHD - everyone in 2026. Makes me thing its not even real.
In 1990, you were either clearly rtarded or you weren't. In 2026, the spectrum is such a large umbrella that pretty well everyone can show some sign of if. Same with adhd. In the 90s, if you were hyper af, they just stuck you in sports. Worked most of the time. If you didn't like
there is another correlation that people dont want to talk about - screens and internet. those pretty much work as multiplicator, especially if those kids with autistic tendencies are given them from a very early age, overstimulating the already overstimulated brain
Free benifits given to people "with ADHD" in 2026 compared to the 1960, of course there will be more.
Damn telescopes
53% of kids in america are on some form of medication for adhd or autism. 53. My kids school sat my wife and I down with the principal, VP, and like 4 other admins to pressure us to put our oldest on medication. We refused, moved her schools. 4 years later shes unmedicated, in a