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Correlation does not mean causation : In Short, the priest walking across town every morning does not mean he causes the sun to come up. In more practical terms it means the fact it snows at strange times and in strange amounts does not mean there is no climate change/global warming.

Other links on the idea of cause and effect: ad hoc ergo propter hoc, the logically fallacious; Cause and effect at Free Thoughtpedia; Confusing cause and effect at the Nizkor Project

Hyman Minsky and the Minsky Moment