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To: apackof2
No, this is not evidence - but it is scientific illiteracy.

If an individual possesses condition X, that does qualify him to make conclusive assertions about the cause of condition X in all individuals, or even in himself. E.g., if someone has diabetes or manic-depression, he is not thereby qualified to assert the cause of these consitions in all individuals, on the cause of these conditions in himself. To prove causation requires a chain of evidence; it is not achieved by mere assertion.
14 posted on 07/27/2003 7:44:55 AM PDT by BCrago66
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To: BCrago66
Go to his web site if you dare.
You will see that there are many like him not just one or two indivduals
15 posted on 07/27/2003 7:47:32 AM PDT by apackof2 (Listen much, talk little, learn greatly)
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To: BCrago66
If an individual possesses condition X, that does qualify him to make conclusive assertions about the cause of condition X in all individuals, or even in himself. E.g., if someone has diabetes or manic-depression, he is not thereby qualified to assert the cause of these consitions in all individuals, on the cause of these conditions in himself. To prove causation requires a chain of evidence; it is not achieved by mere assertion.

C'mon, you're ruining all the fun.

23 posted on 07/27/2003 7:57:32 AM PDT by TheOtherOne
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To: BCrago66
If an individual possesses condition X, that does qualify him to make conclusive assertions about the cause of condition X

Nor does it disqualify him.

26 posted on 07/27/2003 7:58:55 AM PDT by ElkGroveDan (Fighting for Freedom and Having Fun)
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To: BCrago66
To prove causation requires a chain of evidence

Causation of a behavior certainly is provable by confession, how do you account for people turning homosexual in prison or the existence of so-called “bisexuals" or the FACT that there are many more ex-gays in the world than Bennett?

71 posted on 07/27/2003 10:42:20 AM PDT by Clint N. Suhks
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