Robert,
Does a blank white wall have a "pattern" on it?
Nick
----- Original Message -----
From: Robert Holmes
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 11/18/2007 8:15:33 AM
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] FRIAM and causality
There is a pattern and it's wholly predictable: every time you go out and ring
your bell you are not attacked by a crocodile. A pattern, therefore (by your
definition) a causal link.
If you were to ring your bell and sometimes you were attacked by a crocodile
and sometimes you weren't (in a wholly random and unpredictable manner) then
there's no pattern and no causal link.
Or do you mean something else by "pattern"? If so, what?
Robert
On Nov 17, 2007 12:12 PM, Nicholas Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:
Completely and absolutely and TOTALLY off the mark.
What is the PATTERN of relation between occurences of handbell ringing and
crocodile appearance? There aint none. So there aint any causality. Fits my
model EXACTLY.
thanks for your support. Nyaah!
Nick (the Mature Scholar) Thompson
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