(September 20, 2011 at 6:46 pm)padraic Wrote:(September 20, 2011 at 4:21 pm)Tiberius Wrote: Correlation does not imply causation.Well ,actually,it does imply (suggest) that and sometimes it's true. However,it does not allow that inference (conclusion) in and of itself.
Only if it is repeatable to a statistical level, otherwise it is only coincidence.
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-- Homer Simpson
God has no place within these walls, just as facts have no place within organized religion.
-- Superintendent Chalmers
Science is like a blabbermouth who ruins a movie by telling you how it ends. There are some things we don't want to know. Important things.
-- Ned Flanders
Once something's been approved by the government, it's no longer immoral.
-- The Rev Lovejoy