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Originally Posted by Raev
(Post 2329774)
Also Lune, I don't understand why you seem totally unable to grasp the simple concept that one cannot determine causal relationships by pure observation, as one can never rule out a hidden joint cause, but your mind seems only capable of generating a stream of irrelevant straw men and insults. Your coworkers must find you delightful.
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If there's a simple concept to grasp, it's that you can accumulate strong evidence for causation with a combination of observational and experimental data.
For example, we accumulated enough evidence about the accumulation of lead in the environment to stop putting it on our fuel. If they had listened to people like you, we'd still be spewing lead everywhere because we were never able to actually experimentally verify that lead was actually navigating the complex pathway from gasoline additive to retarded children because there was no parallel universe to act as a control.
I do not insult unless insulted first or it's someone I do not respect. Given that your first words in this thread were disparaging my intelligence, it's a little hypocritical to whine about it.
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Originally Posted by Raev
(Post 2329788)
Anyway, I think I'm done with this thread. It's pretty boring to read 50 million appeals to authority.
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I didn't appeal to authority until my third post, and only because you attacked the integrity and sincerity of that authority to try and weaken a scientific opinion. You can't assault an authority and then whine when I defend it. Everything you're accusing others of in this thread, you did in your very first post. |
