Dr Nancy Swanson graduated from Western Washington University with a B.S. degree in physics and math in 1986. She received her Ph.D. in physics from The Florida State University. She then worked as a staff scientist for the United States Navy. Upon returning to Washington, Nancy taught physics at WWU. She holds five U.S. patents. She is the author of over 30 scientific publications and two books on women in science. She is currently retired and grows flowers.
所謂相關性,就是A發生的時候B也在發生,但相關性並不等於因果性,也就是說,證明不了「A就是導致B發生的元兇」。這個邏輯謬誤古已有之,有個拉丁短語就是專門形容它的:cum hoc ergo propter hoc(翻譯成英文就是with this, therefore because of this,和它一起發生,因此就是它的原因)。