Except that's not right. It may be. In fact persuing correlations is how we do science. At some point we gain enough confidence in the correlations that we call it causation.
What do you think the relevant difference between the terms 'imply' and 'conclusively prove' is?
'to involve something or make it necessary'
'to have as a necessary consequence'
'to involve something as a logical consequence'
Thus XKCD's extension of the phrase to `Correlation doesn't imply causation, but it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively and gesture furtively while mouthing 'look over there'.` -- which is essentially what you're getting at.