RE: A causes B *means* A always comes before B

From: gts (gts_2000@yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Nov 20 2002 - 19:35:28 MST


Ross A. Finlayson wrote:

> gts wrote:

>> "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.

> Most people can't estimate the distance between stars without a
> lot more information than that.

Maybe so, but not germane.

-gts



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