Yes, it is. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23374102/

Why is that absurd?

It’s really not if you know anything

It can be strongly correlated, meaning there’s a definite relationship between them, while still being not significant like 3.6 min over a week. Most things that you hear cause cancer are only ~ .1 % extra probability over a lifetime but still highly correlated.

The it’s not strong rule of law is it.

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