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> My understanding is that schizophernia is a predisposed condition. Cannabis can trigger it but not really cause it. If something is flammable, and so predisp
by josephcsible 4y ago
> My understanding is that schizophernia is a predisposed condition. Cannabis can trigger it but not really cause it.
If something is flammable, and so predisposed to burning, and you hold a lit match to it, you did cause the fire. You didn't just trigger it.
- dragonwriter 4y agoThis is a weird argument, because “trigger” and “cause” here are exact synonyms.
- astrange 4y agoSee, you just have to draw a causal diagram and enumerate all possible counterfactual worlds…
- derangedHorse 4y agoYour analogy isn't equivalent to what was said. To be 1-1 with the OP, you'd be arguing that the lighter caused something to be flammable. Causing a *fire* is something else. Similarly someone can be schizophrenic but have an *episode* caused by weed. The weed didn't make them schizophrenic but it did cause an episode to happen.
- mock-possum 4y agoThis allegory only works if you’re willing to accept that some people are inflammable.