Are ice cream sales and rape correlated? And if so, why?

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ER — 9/3/2016 4:53:09 AM (archived)

"The reason the two are correlated is so obvious that I did not even bother to raise my hand…"

At the risk of sounding really dumb...the reason is not at all clear to me. Was the professor just trying to make a point, or am I missing something really obvious?

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Correlation is not causation. - ER - 9/3/2016 3:10:09 AM
- Of course the science establishes causation in this case... - RL - 9/3/2016 3:49:29 AM
  - Are ice cream sales and rape correlated? And if so, why? - ER - 9/3/2016 4:53:09 AM
    - Sexual assaults (and other serious violent crime) are more common in the summer months... - RL - 9/3/2016 5:02:07 AM
    - Never mind. I looked it up. - ER - 9/3/2016 5:02:06 AM
      - Another in the long list of reasons why warming climate is bad... - RL - 9/3/2016 5:04:35 AM
  - more from the Scientific American article - RL - 9/3/2016 4:52:40 AM
    - What puzzles me... - ER - 9/3/2016 5:15:14 AM
      - From watching the defenders of this crime here and elsewhere... - RL - 9/3/2016 5:22:23 AM
        
        We have learned how to change peoples minds by spending money. - ER - 9/3/2016 5:55:21 AM
    - The Union of Concerned Scientists report - RL - 9/3/2016 5:10:45 AM
      - All politicians start out as lawyers or businessmen. - ER - 9/3/2016 5:27:44 AM

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