At 3:27 PM -0500 11/21/04, Christopher D. Green wrote:
Someone, criticizing efficacy-of-relgions studies, wrote:
Correlation does not imply causation.
And then someone else, seeming to defend them, wrote:
I thought correlation doesn't PROVE causation.
And than Paul Brandon wrote:
A weaker infere
>> I thought correlation doesn't PROVE causation.
Chris wrote...
The problem here is in the explication in the word "imply." For logicians,
implication is a *logical* implication. For instance, in a valid argument,
premises *imply* the conclusion. That is, it is *logically impossible* for
the prem
Someone, criticizing efficacy-of-relgions studies, wrote:
Correlation does not imply causation.
And then someone else, seeming to defend them, wrote:
I thought correlation doesn't PROVE causation.
And than Paul Brandon wrote:
A weaker inference.
The problem here is in the explication in the wo
In a message dated 11/18/2004 10:15:14 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
hmmm. Times change. My high school senior son just sent in his application to Williams College for early acceptance. Their psychology department takes pride in training Mr. G. Stanley Hall as an undergrad
At 12:28 AM -0500 11/21/04, Jim Guinee wrote:
> >They found a strong link between religiosity and the ability to feel in
>control, and also found a dependence of believers on the spiritual support
>of a higher power in their regular life
Correlation does not imply causation.
I thought correla
Aubyn wrote...
Don't you worry that if you get excited about any study that offers
superficial support for religion, you will have to be equally depressed by
any study that seems to undermine religion?
Depends on the study's methodology. I can play the same game others do ;)
Aubyn writes...
It oc
Aubyn wrote...
What get's you excited about this Jim? (SNIP) Even though the article makes
reference to the "power of prayer" there certainly is nothing in these
studies that supports that
Jim Wrote...
Imagine if studies demonstrated absolutely no difference for
religious/non-religious people, pra
Carol & Doug rightly took me to task for implying that there never reasons for
missing a deadline. Mea maxima culpa. I didn't quite mean that! Some things
are obviously beyond the best planning. I was thinking of the more mundane
sorts of excuses of the kind that, when students give them, have
