Comments on: Links for September 17th from 04:56 to 04:56 http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/09/17/links-for-september-17th-from-0456-to-0456/ Like Kryptonite To Stupid Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:30:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Sean D. Martin http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/09/17/links-for-september-17th-from-0456-to-0456/#comment-115674 Sean D. Martin Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:17:09 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/09/17/links-for-september-17th-from-0456-to-0456/#comment-115674 Correlation does not equal causation. But just because you can't definitively provide all the reasons why something happens doesn't mean it doesn't happen. We knew you could let go of a rock and it would fall for millennia before we knew for sure what caused the fall. Doesn't mean you couldn't draw legitimate conclusions as to what would happen if you let go of a rock. Correlation does not equal causation. But just because you can’t definitively provide all the reasons why something happens doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen.

We knew you could let go of a rock and it would fall for millennia before we knew for sure what caused the fall. Doesn’t mean you couldn’t draw legitimate conclusions as to what would happen if you let go of a rock.

]]> By: Robert Rouse http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/09/17/links-for-september-17th-from-0456-to-0456/#comment-115623 Robert Rouse Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:17:49 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/09/17/links-for-september-17th-from-0456-to-0456/#comment-115623 Oliver, I thought I would drop by and wish you a Happy Constitution Day. I know it's not really a holiday, but it should be! Oliver, I thought I would drop by and wish you a Happy Constitution Day. I know it’s not really a holiday, but it should be!

]]> By: Dennis http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/09/17/links-for-september-17th-from-0456-to-0456/#comment-115613 Dennis Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:11:38 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/09/17/links-for-september-17th-from-0456-to-0456/#comment-115613 Mankiw is correct, correlation does not equal causation. Liberals have a very tough time with that truism. Mankiw is correct, correlation does not equal causation. Liberals have a very tough time with that truism.

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