It's easily possible to make a system controlled by a variable whose value is completely uncorrelated with the variable it controls...
Drive over hills while using cruise control. The throttle pedal controls the speed and yet while the throttle goes up and down, the speed remains constant. There is zero correlation between cause and effect.
AKingsbury (npub182r…pm8s) Jack of all trades (npub1gg4…euuk)
Daniel Lakeland /
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2024-05-23 22:39:50
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