... once which was among other things about statistics. One of the lecturers entertained the audience by bringing up a statistical analysis of the old "stork-brings-babies" myth. According to him, one could, in principle, mathematically "prove" it, strictly following the rules of statistics. Thereby, the established notion about sexual reproduction would be anachronistic, and the connection between sexual intercourse and childbirth would just be based on widespread suspicion, and developed just on the basis of not entirely certain theories - theories that only rest upon coincidental, over-interpreted observations. The correlation between natality and stork population was inspected and "proven" by an epidemiological investigation within a defined frame of time and a limited area and "validated" by analysis of new data. Although those "facts" applied only to a certain area, the correlation coefficient of almost 1 was very impressive. That means it is almost 100% certain, but it does not necessarily prove, ...

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