Snail, I said you were confusing correlation with causation, not that you were confused. There is a difference. Perhaps I should have said 'mistaking correlation for causation', it would have been clearer. It should also have been read in conjuction with the other half of the sentence, which you appear to have completely ignored.

I have, at least at some point, answered all your comments except the one about being wrong about my overwhelming conviction that I am in the right - which really doesn't make any sense unless you are prepared to tell me what you think it is that I think I'm right about. Indeed, I have to confess to being a little confused myself over that one.