taryneast comments on Positive Thinking - Less Wrong

20 Post author: Swimmer963 07 March 2011 01:03AM

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Comment author: taryneast 07 March 2011 05:17:39PM 1 point [-]

I agree. I'd also point out the oft-repeated point that "correlation does not imply causation".

My own hypothesis would be to conclude that "social support causes happiness" and that religion is not important at all except that religious communities have an historical association with social support networks.