<p>I have the question below. I think it is more about statistics than English. Thus, it would belong here. However, one might argue that it has too little statistical substance to merit posting here, and so it would be better on <a href="https://ell.stackexchange.com/">English Language Learners SE</a>.</p>
<p>What do you think?</p>
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<p>From <a href="https://aeon.co/ideas/the-smart-move-we-learn-more-by-trusting-than-by-not-trusting" rel="nofollow noreferrer" title="The smart move: we learn more by trusting than by not trusting | Aeon Ideas">The smart move: we learn more by trusting than by not trusting | Aeon Ideas</a>:</p>
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<p>We find the same pattern in other domains. People who trust the <a href="https://press.princeton.edu/titles/9607.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">media</a> more are more knowledgeable about politics and the news. The more people trust <a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0963662506070159" rel="nofollow noreferrer">science</a>, the more scientifically literate they are. <strong>Even if this evidence remains correlational</strong>, it makes sense that people who trust more should get better at figuring out whom to trust. In trust as in everything else, practice makes perfect.</p>
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<p>What does the bolded phrase mean? Does it mean that even if the evidence isn't causal, the next phrase still makes sense? And what is the &quot;evidence&quot; they are referring to?</p>
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