(November 29, 2011 at 2:00 am)padraic Wrote: Umm, I think correlation does in fact IMPLY (suggest) causation,but does not INFER it. (allow a conclusion/prove)
Ah shit, where's Void when I need him?
Yeah, Void is really good at explaining such logic/philosophy issues.
Here's a quote from him that I found in this post:
(March 12, 2011 at 3:55 am)theVOID Wrote: Are you fucking shitting me? Do you not understand that the strongest correlation is the most likely cause and is thus the cause that we are justified in believing to be true? C02 emissions are EASILY the strongest correlation, thus they are by far the most likely cause.
This is fucking scientific method 101...
So, strongest correlation = most likely cause = we are justified in believing it to be true. That makes sense to me.
