--- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], braaahmaan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > I think that a correlation should be done between the number of > > > peanuts Mr. Carter has stashed away and the number of HFH > edifices > > > he has participated in building. > > > > And what would such correlation prove? I am quite confident I can > show > > you all sorts of high correlations between HFH edifices > > he has participated in building and things such as: sun spots, > stock > > price movements of ove 1000 listed securities, transits of some > major > > and minor planets, the number of times paris hilton farts in a > year, > > the barking frequenscy of some dogs, drug arrests in some towns, > the > > number of posts on some lists, the number of vowels on the front > page > > of some major dailies, etc. > > > > The point being, mere correlation does not prove anything. > > There ae thousands of spurious correlations to anything you want to > > find correlations for. What is needed is a structural explanative > > model-- as to why such a correlation should be found, the finding > of > > such other correlations in fraud cases, and any number of other > things > > before you can begin to suggest a causal relationship. > > > > > > > I think the Carter Center in Atlanta serves as a front for the > whole > > > sordid enterprise, too! > > > > "Sorid enterprise" now you have gone from unsubstanted fantasy > > speculation to depcting such as reality. Thats the kind of > > fantasy/acting out "cross-over" that some say becomes dangerous. > > > > Don't you remember Billy Carter? > Yes. And that makes the Carter Center sorid?
I pray that you see quite a dissconnect in that logic train, shemp. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Dying to be thin? Anorexia. Narrated by Julianne Moore. http://us.click.yahoo.com/abEMxA/sbOLAA/d1hLAA/0NYolB/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/
