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Old Wed Sep 09, 2009, 02:46pm
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Car accidents are not a random event. They are caused by the things that lead up to them. Those things are causative. There's a strong correlation between drinking and accidents because drinking is a causal factor in accidents. Things will be correlated only if one causes the other or both share a common cause. Causes don't necessarily have to be exclusive.
The coin toss is a random event. It is still correlated to the outcome of overtime. "Random" is not the opposite of "correlated".

This also doesn't imply that the coin toss is rigged. It only says that the winner of the coin toss (which is a fair game) is more likely to win the game.
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