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Old 09-January-2009, 12:45 PM
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If such a study were to find that some of the correlations being analysed have some validity, this should energise people on one side of the debate to seek viable causative mechanisms, and those on the other to prove that the statistical methods employed are in error. Either way, learning is stimulated, lessons are learned, and progress is made, which is what it should be all about.
Very good point, and precisely what I am trying to do. I have noticed that people in opposing camps tend to talk past each other, rather than engage in dialogue. Facts provide a path to a modus vivendi.