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{{a|glossary|{{Image|Quincunx|jpg|A [[quincunx]], yesterday}}}} | {{a|glossary|{{Image|Quincunx|jpg|A [[quincunx]], yesterday}}}}{{Quote| | ||
{{Quote|{{Script|Triago}}: If substance is family then form is the state <br> | {{Script|Triago}}: If substance is family then form is the state <br> | ||
A contrivance, precariously stack’d <br> | A contrivance, precariously stack’d <br> | ||
Bids yield our resilient bonds<br> | Bids yield our resilient bonds<br> | ||
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{{Script|Nuncle}}: But the cleverest contraption rusts<br> | {{Script|Nuncle}}: But the cleverest contraption rusts<br> | ||
Upon immersion in snot.<br> | Upon immersion in snot.<br> | ||
: —{{Buchstein}} {{br|The Victory of Form over Substance}}}} | : —{{Buchstein}}, {{br|The Victory of Form over Substance}}}} | ||
The idea, following from Sir Francis Galton’s experiments with a [[quincunx]] and first articulated by statistician Karl Pearson<ref>So [https://slate.com/technology/2012/10/correlation-does-not-imply-causation-how-the-internet-fell-in-love-with-a-stats-class-cliche.html Slate Magazine] argues, at any rate.</ref> that a relationship between two variables could be characterised according to its statistical strength and expressed in numbers, ''regardless of any perceived [[Causation|causal]] connection between them''. | The idea, following from Sir Francis Galton’s experiments with a [[quincunx]] and first articulated by statistician Karl Pearson<ref>So [https://slate.com/technology/2012/10/correlation-does-not-imply-causation-how-the-internet-fell-in-love-with-a-stats-class-cliche.html Slate Magazine] argues, at any rate.</ref> that a relationship between two variables could be characterised according to its statistical strength and expressed in numbers, ''regardless of any perceived [[Causation|causal]] connection between them''. | ||