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Prayer/Meditation DOES make the world a better place

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Prayer/Meditation DOES make the world a better place
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RE: Prayer/Meditation DOES make the world a better place
September 21, 2011 at 5:51 am
(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.
No, correlation never automatically implies causation.

https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/e..._causation

Correlation at best is a hint towards causation, but it is by no means a rule.
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RE: Prayer/Meditation DOES make the world a better place - by Tiberius - September 21, 2011 at 5:51 am

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