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Where does this leave us? Here: '''Any [[correlation]], in the absence of better evidence of [[causation]], is ''meaningless'''''. | Where does this leave us? Here: '''Any [[correlation]], in the absence of better evidence of [[causation]], is ''meaningless'''''. | ||
===“Better evidence of causation”=== | |||
Glomming on to a satisfying correlation dodges the hard question, which is, “what possible ''better evidence'' of true causation — a “necesary connexion” between cause and effect — ''could there be''?” | Glomming on to a satisfying correlation dodges the hard question, which is, “what possible ''better evidence'' of true causation — a “necesary connexion” between cause and effect — ''could there be''?” | ||