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> When two things are correlated, there are four possibilities: A causes B, B causes A, A and B are both caused by some third factor C, or they are correlated b
by DoofusOfDeath 8y ago
> When two things are correlated, there are four possibilities: A causes B, B causes A, A and B are both caused by some third factor C, or they are correlated by random chance.
Kudos for breaking the problem down into a handful of mutually exclusive categories that we can discuss. That's really helpful.
> That leaves race causing economic inequality, probably by way of intermediate factors like oppression caused by
Notice your use of the word "probably". I might be mistaken, but I think that's smuggling in the very set of assumptions I was questioning in the first place.
- mikeash 8y agoYou suggested that race might not be the cause of economic equality correlated with race. I’m saying that race causing economic inequality is the only reasonable explanation for the facts. Whether it’s because race directly causes inequality or because race causes other stuff which then causes inequality doesn’t matter. It’s a causal relationship either way.