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		Chris2048 on Dec 16, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Unbearable news > The idea that print is, in practice, a higher form of media Is proven by causation, not correlation. There's a difference between "the consumption of media" and "media consumers".

dragonwriter on Dec 16, 2019 [–]

Correlation when controlled for other explanatory factors is as strong as evidence gets for causation; real “proof” of material facts is never incontrovertible the way mathematical/logical proofs can be.

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