>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new_morning_blank_slate
<no_reply@> wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote:
> > > An example, directly related to theater attendance.
> > > The last time I was in L.A., I wanted to see a
> > > movie so I went to Westwood, the area near UCLA
> > > just filled (in my memory) with bustling crowds,
> > > nice restaurants, and movie theaters. Well, I got
> > > there, parked, and started walking around. There
> > > were no crowds, even though it was a Friday night.
> > > The restaurants were near-empty. So were the movie
> > > theaters; no waiting on line to get in, and when
> > > you did, you found yourself sitting in a half-
> > > empty theater.
> > >
> > > I couldn't help but wonder why, so I asked.
> >
> > A distiction between magical thinkers and rational thinkers is the
> > former tend to far more mistake correlation for causation. As Kurtz
> > points out, the corrleation of a prayer with a good outcome, does not
> > indicate causation. Only correlation.
> >
> [...]
> >
> > Magical thinking, "knowing" that correlated things are causal --
> > especially when its felt to be "self-evident" are not solely the
> > domain of the religious right, or uneducated. It permeates society.
> > Even this list.
> >
>
> Scientists are by no means immune to this. The scientific method is
supposed to reduce
> the incidence, but all theories assume _propter hoc_ so there's
always the risk of the _post
> hoc_ fallacy.
Does the use of lots of "_hocs" correlate with hoccum?
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