Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc, or The Placebo Effect

Jun 16, 2008 12:36

First off, I am amused at how often people believe just because something happens after something else, then it must have happened because of it. Correlation is not causation, people ( Read more... )

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sleepisbetter June 16 2008, 20:36:36 UTC
OMG I remember my brother playing the Entertainer when he took piano lessons like a million years ago! haha

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badlovemojo June 16 2008, 21:15:01 UTC
I LOVED MW&R when I took it! Who is teaching it this time?

I miss you, m'dear. Let's make a playdate for when I'm in town next... which is sometime...as yet undetermined. :P

Love!
-L

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MW&R + Playdate sir_nickalot June 16 2008, 23:53:27 UTC
Meh. MW+R isn't the full semester class, it's just a summer survey course, really. Multiple choice questions, that sort of thing. I love the material, but at this point it's more like a self-guided tour through It's A Small World than an anthropology course. Then again, I did a full year's worth of Cultural Anthro in high school, so perhaps I'm a little spoiled.

Playdate! Yes! Lemme know when you're in town next! I'm not doing any shows, so I should be freeeeeeeeeee!

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