gjm comments on Causality does not imply correlation - Less Wrong
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I think precision would require you to state this in terms of a variable x and the function f(x). (EDIT: Sorry; please ignore this.)
This is a pretty harsh requirement! It will be true for constant functions, cyclic functions, symmetric functions, and maybe asymptotically-bounded functions. I don't think you can say it's true for y=x.
He's actually working with a variable t and the function x, whose value at a particular t is x(t). I don't see anything wrong there.
Yep, sorry.