It has recently been reported that owning a horse for recreational purposes is correlated strongly with significantly longer than expected life-expectancy for the owner. Does this mean that if I go and buy myself a horse tomorrow it is likely this will improve my chances of living for longer than I otherwise would? Explain your answer and name any statistical reasoning concepts that you think might be at play here.

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