professor Kamiji argues that anytime the Ghanaian hip hop artiste, blae Sam, travels to his mother's village and returns, he starts exhibiting symtoms of insanity. we must conclude that visiting his mother's village is the cause of his insanity
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professor Kamiji argues that anytime the Ghanaian hip hop artiste, blae Sam, travels to his mother's village and returns, he starts exhibiting symtoms of insanity. we must conclude that visiting his mother's village is the cause of his insanity
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2Confusing causation with correlation. Perhaps if he visited another village he would display same symptoms. Causation can only be established under the most strict experimental conditions.
Bolstering Bo's answer; who says that traveling to the village is the cause of insanity? Maybe it's traveling that gets him off his rocker.
Confusing causation with correlation, that's one, but simply linking cause & effect is missing here.
Confusing causation with correlation, that's one, but simply linking cause & effect is missing here.
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