wedrifid comments on [LINK] If correlation doesn’t imply causation, then what does? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wedrifid 15 July 2013 03:29:17PM 0 points [-]

If A causes B, then artificially inducing A results in (or increases the frequency of, etc.) B. I am not really sure what you are trying to say, nor what "most likely theory" here means (under what setup?)

My impression was that it was an absurdity for the purpose of satire.