(September 11, 2014 at 10:37 pm)sswhateverlove Wrote:That article is addressing "public health professionals and pharmaceutical companies." Soft science it is much harder to prove causation. In hard science, like physics and chemistry, it is the expectation.(September 11, 2014 at 10:26 pm)Surgenator Wrote: No. Results can imply causation. And what percent confindence would you justify "know for sure"? I meantion earlier. 100% is impossible.
Most scientists would disagree with you. That's why their assertions are called "theories".
http://www.stats.org/faq_vs.htm
Now your really starting to sound like an ID troll when your going to use the non-science definition of theory.