You have to look at Hume's causality here.
I give a brief summary, and take it further.
We typically think that X causes Y because we first
see X, then we see Y. But there is a profound difference
between cause and correlation.
The classic example was the ancient tribe who believed
that they had to sing before sunrise every morning,
or the sun would not rise. Terrified of there being
no sun, they all dutifully sung. The cause was justified
to them, because they could see that the sun rising
followed on from their singing.
To mention cause without mentioning correlation
is most likely to misunderstand what cause is.
The tale wags the dog.
To point out that correlation occurs because of "x" is to say "x" is a cause for correlation where correlation is an effect...to argue correlation requires a causal argument. Cause is the observation of a connection between "x" and "y" where "x" results in "y". This connection occurs through a repeatability where "x" continuously results in "y". Causality is thus not only a connection but it is a repetition. Correlation observes a relationship but is ambiguous about where that relationship connects.
