Correlation, in other words, rather than causation.

换言之，这是一种相互左右的关系，而不是因果关系。

They learn new causal relationships from just a few examples.

能通过几个例子 就掌握新的因果关系。

All things happen in accordance with the laws of causality.

所有的事情都按照因果关系的规律发生。

However, they were both observational, meaning it's impossible to tease out cause and effect.

然而，它们都是观察到的，这意味着不可能梳理出因果关系。

Of course you feel terrible. You completely screwed up your karma, Dude.

你当然会感觉很糕啦，因果轮兄。

Correlation is not causation, as the saying goes.

俗话说，相关关系不是因果关系。

Also, a potential explanation for these associations is reverse causality.

此外，对这些关联的潜在解释恰恰是反向的因果关系。

So our first essay type is the cause and effect essay.

所以我们的第一个论文类型是因果论文。

But this is a very clear cause and effect essay.

但是这很明显是一个因果论文题。

Time goes hand in hand with cost, and this is how it typically goes.

在通常情况下时间和价格属于因果关系。

It's as yet a challenge to explain the cause-and-effect relationship between sleep and nutrition.

至今仍很难解释睡眠和营养间的因果关系。

It closes this story and throws in a little joke about luck and karma.

这部分结束故事，也开一个关于运气和因果的玩笑。

However, those correlations don't prove cause and effect.

然而，这些相关关系并不能证明因果关系。

A small number of randomised experimental studies are chipping away at the causal question.

少数随机实验研究正在逐步解决因果问题。

There's no definitive causal link here. But the researchers still have a few ideas.

两者并没有明确的因果关系。但研究人员有一些想法。

Unfortunately, as we all know, assuming causation can be risky.

不幸的是，周所周知，假设因果关系是有风险的。

Indeed, hunger is a consequence of poverty, and also one of its causes.

诚然，饥饿和贫困互为因果。

It may well have been cause and effect.

两件事很可能互为因果。

I believe in Karma, which you give is what you get returned.

我相信因果，你付出什么就会得到什么。

Or is the cause and effect actually the other way round?

或者因果关系实际上是相反的？