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To: Doctor Stochastic

Science, by it's nature, looks for a one to one relationship between cause and effect, something that is entirely repeatable.

But it could never rule out the possibility of some kind of cause-effect relationship that is outside of that limited scope.


30 posted on 07/19/2004 10:02:12 PM PDT by djf
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To: djf
Science, by it's nature, looks for a one to one relationship between cause and effect, something that is entirely repeatable.

No. Scientific investigation is much broader than that. Random causes need not be one-to-one and earthquakes are not entirely repeatable.

40 posted on 07/20/2004 6:23:22 AM PDT by Doctor Stochastic (Vegetabilisch = chaotisch is der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
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