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Tyler Vigen

@tylervigen

My defining qualities are curious and stubborn.

Creator of spurious correlations: tylervigen.com/spurious-corre…

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Whenever I'm writing raw HTML it always starts with CSS, DIVs, and consistent styling. Then it devolves into <center><b><u>Good enough</u></b></center>

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I now officially have enough routers, switches, and servers in my house to call it "internet" without connecting to anything else.

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I'm immune to the 2038 problem because I store all my dates as UNIX epoch seconds in text blobs. Follow me for more future-proof tech tips!

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It's new, it's improved, it's got AI-generated explanations for why everything correlates. Today I'm launching the new Spurious Correlations: tylervigen.com/spurious-corre…

It's new, it's improved, it's got AI-generated explanations for why everything correlates.  Today I'm launching the new Spurious Correlations: tylervigen.com/spurious-corre…
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As you can see, Uranus began emitting a rare form of cosmic energy that directly influenced the combustion efficiency of jet fuel in the Netherlands.

As you can see, Uranus began emitting a rare form of cosmic energy that directly influenced the combustion efficiency of jet fuel in the Netherlands.
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As the wind turbines spin, they emit tiny, inaudible whispers of encouragement, somehow making everyone feel inexplicably small. /s tylervigen.com/spurious/corre…

As the wind turbines spin, they emit tiny, inaudible whispers of encouragement, somehow making everyone feel inexplicably small.  /s

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I'm not sure the AI understood what either Duluth or Estonia looks like, but either way I don't want to go there. Air pollution in Duluth correlates with solar power generated in Estonia. tylervigen.com/spurious/corre…

I'm not sure the AI understood what either Duluth or Estonia looks like, but either way I don't want to go there. Air pollution in Duluth correlates with solar power generated in Estonia.

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What happens if you draft an academic research paper every time you find a correlation where p < 0.05? You get a lot of silly papers: tylervigen.com/spurious-schol…

What happens if you draft an academic research paper every time you find a correlation where p &lt; 0.05?  You get a lot of silly papers:  tylervigen.com/spurious-schol…