11-14-2006, 08:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Keith  we tend to assume when there's a correlation between things that it's a cause-effect relationship between the two | Replying to this a bit late, but it's a well-known fallacy called "Correlation is not Causation". On the other hand, this is the essential basis for the validity of the experiment: causation can be suggested by correlation. Of course, the experiment is tightly controlled, whereas as astrological predictions cannot be so controlled.
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