warrenpj

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   by warrenpj 11y ago

   I agree. I should have said that explicitly, before.
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   by warrenpj 11y ago

   When we see that two events are correlated (which we need some kind of statistics to do), we can tell a story (a theory, or an explanation) about how one event causes the other. If the explanation stands up to rational testing over time (wh
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   by warrenpj 11y ago

   I think it works both ways. Theories help us decide what to observe, or where to look and what we're looking at. Observation is useful to develop a theory (induction, or "educated guessing"). However, having a theory guides u