Examples Of Confusion Of Causation

In the 21st century, science has developed to an unbelievable extent. There are so many scientific phenomenons that scientists nowadays, have numerous ways to prove the scientific credibility of an object or a product. While, it is also the human nature to believe in the things they want or wish to happen in real life. Therefore, if products in the market say “lose your weight up to 40 pounds a week”, “build up abs in just 1 week” or “get taller by 6” in just a month”, people tend to believe these, because they wish this to happen. Whereas, they ignore the fact that there is no scientific proof or credibility that proves that these products work. Due to such human thinking, this pseudoscience is still prevailing in our modern society. People
If two things tend to occur at same instance of time, there is a high possibility that people will believe them to be inter-related. Dunning also provides few examples of “Confusion of Causation and Correlation” in his video, e.g. it is believed that autism in young children is caused by vaccination, but the reality is that the age at which a child is supposed to get vaccine, autism becomes apparent at the same age too. Therefore, unknowingly, some people have developed a cause and correlation between autism and vaccination. There is a product named “Hollywood 48 hours Miracle Diet”, that is in the market for quite a long time, at least more than a year. This supplement claims to have you lose 10 pounds of your weight in just 2 days. Isn’t that sounds great? Almost every person who has gained some weight wants to lose it, and what could be a quicker method than this? My cousin thought the same and tried this self claimed “miraculous” product which costs him $20 just for a single 32oz. bottle. He came to me the next weekend and told me that he lost 6 pounds in just one week, not 10 pounds in 2 days, but still better than nothing. He loved this product and also told his friends to buy one too. It is just great how they advertise their products to catch the customers. I looked up on their website and I saw some catchy
There are so many products out in the market with big labels claiming to do amazing miracles, but just aims at getting money out of your pocket. Science has developed a lot and we need to keep up with it and start understanding the facts rather than just keeping up with the beliefs. FDA is putting every single effort to make sure that the citizens consume a better product. We need to have faith in them and appreciate the work they are putting in. If an event takes place, first look onto the scientific side of that, why did it occurred and then make any assumptions rather than straight away assuming that it happened because of another event taking place somewhere. Believe me you will save a lot of money which you are spending on these ineffective products, and will be remaining healthy and secure of the side-effects of these