Word: causalism
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...Well done, with one glaring omission: the causal connection between negative emotions and overeating. Children in lower socioeconomic areas don't have access to tennis lessons, nice clothes, iPods and whatever else they see other children enjoying, and that makes them feel bad. What they do have access to is cheap, fatty food. Eating it makes them feel better. Joni Ravenna, Palm Springs, California...
...know that LDL is causal to the buildup of fatty plaques in the heart arteries, but it now looks like simple blood measurements of HDL may not be causal,” said study author Sekar Kathiresan, an instructor in medicine at the Medical School and director of preventive cardiology at Massachusetts General Hospital Instead, the proposed protective qualities of high HDL may vary for each person. For recent research, faculty profiles, and a look at the issues facing Harvard scientists, check out The Crimson's science page...
...parents assumed that “Mortal Kombat” and “Doom” would turn their children into miniature killers. Omitted from the press release was that the data was essentially inconclusive. The purported relationship between violent media and violent people is actually not causal, but sometimes correlative. Put simply, the evidence accumulated from this study could only conclusively argue that “aggressive” people enjoy “aggressive” entertainment. Hardly a profound statement condemning the gaming industry. Henry Jenkins, the Director of Comparative Media Studies at MIT, even concluded...
...teach by what we do, as well as by what we say. And if we showed no concern in a circumstance where there was even a thin causal chain to events and values which are antithetical to those we hold, we would in fact not be doing an effective job of teaching,” Nye was reported as saying in The Crimson at the time...
...belief in causal determinism was incompatible with the concept of human free will. Jewish as well as Christian theologians have generally believed that people are responsible for their actions. They are even free to choose, as happens in the Bible, to disobey God's commandments, despite the fact that this seems to conflict with a belief that God is all knowing and all powerful...