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To: Dayuhan who wrote (42590)6/28/1999 11:18:00 PM
From: Neocon  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 108807
 
Many public policy decisions hinge on inferences from correlation, where the mechanism of causality is not clear. Or are you in the pay of the tobacco industry?<VBG>...



To: Dayuhan who wrote (42590)6/28/1999 11:40:00 PM
From: Ilaine  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 108807
 
Good point, Steven. It's fairly common to say, "I don't like A, and there is more of A, and I don't like B, and there is more of B, so the increase in A must have caused the increase in B." But it's poor science.


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