--- In [email protected], anonymousff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > But that's exactly what this myth does: it provides > > a basis for quantification. From it we can construct > > testable hypotheses, e.g., people who live in homes > > with south-facing entrances will die at younger ages > > than those in homes with entrances facing in other > > directions. > > Yes but... > > You can do research that shows a correlation between factors, and even > gives an indication of which factors may be causal. This is important > preliminary research. But, when faced with overwhelming opposition to > your ideas due to their not fitting with mainstream paradigms, you > need to follow up this research with studies that demonstrate the > actual causal mechanisms for the results being observed.
I'm not sure you can actually *demonstrate* causal mechanisms. Rather, you make causal *assumptions* to a greater or lesser confidence level, no? At this time, > no one has a clue how to study the causal relationship between devas > that can't be seen and anything else. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
