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> Causation does not exist in science. This is so over-simplified it's wrong. If I drop a weight, what happens? Is there a causal chain there? Would an animal

• wfo 11y ago
  Okay, show me an experiment that verifies our intuitive notion of causation. Cause is a philosophical principle that exists like I said only in our heads and it's a question about the future. If I do this, this will happen. Science is about evidence, experiments, and the past: we did this and this happened. If you are going to be doing science, you will not prove causal links. You will develop a theory which explains some phenomenon and implies some predictive assertions and then provide evidence for that theory and test the assertions. Cause is much deeper than science can currently tread.
  • cbd1984 11y ago
    You've defined causation in a very weird way that excludes what you think science covers, and I don't know why you did that.