From: gts (gts_2000@yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Nov 20 2002 - 17:55:48 MST
Lee Corbin wrote:
> gts writes
>> "One cannot see the stars (event B) unless one first
>> opens one's eyes (event A), but opening one's eyes does
>> not cause one to see the stars. (i.e., A does not cause B.)"
>
> Incorrect. (To write in the style of the old unmellowed-out J.C.)
I think you should follow the new reformed J.C. instead. :)
> One may very well be able to see stars without opening one's
> eyes, as, I believe, Ross pointed out. Technologies can be
> obtained to accomplish this..
That is entirely beside the point, which is the reason I did not answer
Ross. I can rephrase it again if you prefer, still in terms of events:
"A blind person cannot estimate the distance between stars (event B)
unless he first implants astronomical electrodes into his brain to allow
for star observation (event A), but the implantation of astronomical
electrodes into his brain does not cause him to estimate the distance
between stars."
i.e., A does not always cause B, even if A always precedes B.
-gts
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