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

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Comment author: Stuart_Armstrong 15 July 2013 02:42:40PM 0 points [-]

It is what's known as a joke - it has no hidden wisdom or meaning.

Comment author: IlyaShpitser 15 July 2013 05:32:21PM 0 points [-]

I think part of what is amusing here is that this joke is a serious theory for some folks.

Comment author: RichardKennaway 16 July 2013 10:54:45AM 0 points [-]

I think part of what is amusing here is that this joke is a serious theory for some folks.

Like Rupert Sheldrake?

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