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To: Lane3 who wrote (26189)	9/7/2001 2:15:30 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

It is not arbitrary and capricious to weigh all of the factors surrounding a situation in making a determination of whether to intervene, and in what manner. It is merely not done according to mechanical rules.....

To: Lane3 who wrote (26189)	9/7/2001 2:49:21 PM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Yes, a possible correlation. But no "theory" about how the transfer works. Someone else might want to speculate about that but I don't. I'll wait for something more substantive. Well, I'm glad you're not a drug researcher, then. Drug researchers sometimes do find correlations between giving a drug and getting a desired outcome, but have no theory about how the transfer works. But they don't just stop there and say, well, we won't discuss this any further until there's something more substantive. They go looking for a theory about how the transfer works. Seems to me that's how science (and economics) works -- find a correlation you don't understand and go looking for a theory. Sort of what Darwin did.