Dan Minette wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Brin-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 6:29 PM
> Subject: Re: Civility request
>
> > On Mon, Apr 01, 2002 at 06:01:23PM -0600, Dan Minette wrote:
> >
> > > In short, I suggest that, while there is not a 1 to 1 relationship
> > > (there can be extremely rude posts that contain no single word that is
> > > objectionable in any way), the correlation still exists.
> >
> > Correlation does not imply causality.
> >
>
> Depends on how you define imply. While it certainly doesn't guarantee it, it
> also indicates that its an area worth studying. Puting on my purely
> scientific hat, I would start by asking what mechanism could cause the
> correlation.
I'd ask if the correlation were due to a third factor causing (at least
in part) both things that were correlated.
Julia
