So just to recap, a causation relationship is never going to be a "true or false" kind of question, only a "most strongly supported by which explanation" kind of question?
And the target phenomenon is the "effect", and the hypothesis/potential explanation is the "cause".
@CannyHeroicNegotiation I guess it's like medical diagnoses. A rash, fever, runny nose, and chills could be a cold, flu, or meningitis. I think these would all be correct explanations but the true explanation would have to be confirmed with more tests. This is just my guess though!
Couldn't each of these hypotheses be contributing to the observed phenomenon? Thus, both are potential links in the causal chain. They're not necessarily mutually exclusive and therefore not necessarily competing. Toxic runoff and algal bloom could both be contributing to dolphin deaths.
I believe yes, in the sense that there can be two "correct" answers, but one answer is more "correct" than the other. In this specific example, we don't have enough context to decipher which is more correct.
A cruise ship from Turks and Caicos, being driven by a crew made up of dolphins, was taken over by pirates. All of the dolphin crew was executed and when the pirates got to Hawaii, their dream vacation destination, they dumped the dolphins overboard. The dolphins were swept away in a current that brought their bodies to that specific beach.
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Poseidon auramogged the dolphins
So just to recap, a causation relationship is never going to be a "true or false" kind of question, only a "most strongly supported by which explanation" kind of question?
And the target phenomenon is the "effect", and the hypothesis/potential explanation is the "cause".
"that's not funny idk why i laughed" LOLLLL
al geeh lol
rest in peace dolphins
what is meant by "any correct explanation"?
@CannyHeroicNegotiation I guess it's like medical diagnoses. A rash, fever, runny nose, and chills could be a cold, flu, or meningitis. I think these would all be correct explanations but the true explanation would have to be confirmed with more tests. This is just my guess though!
There's no audio on this lesson for some reason.
J.Y. uses the British pronounciation of 'algae'...
#feedback i cant read his writing
Ahh… this is where being a former science teacher begins to help. The words phenomenon and hypothesis are in our everyday vocabulary!
Couldn't each of these hypotheses be contributing to the observed phenomenon? Thus, both are potential links in the causal chain. They're not necessarily mutually exclusive and therefore not necessarily competing. Toxic runoff and algal bloom could both be contributing to dolphin deaths.
I believe yes, in the sense that there can be two "correct" answers, but one answer is more "correct" than the other. In this specific example, we don't have enough context to decipher which is more correct.
Bro really said for the lols. Love it! Best course ever
Poseidon analogy making reference to Kant's categories?
the happiness aura killing the dolphins is sending me so hard
A cruise ship from Turks and Caicos, being driven by a crew made up of dolphins, was taken over by pirates. All of the dolphin crew was executed and when the pirates got to Hawaii, their dream vacation destination, they dumped the dolphins overboard. The dolphins were swept away in a current that brought their bodies to that specific beach.
I don't know how I feel about the fact that the last sentence of this lesson was a conditional 😅 I'm traumatized I think.
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