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"But What's the Mechanism?"

Patterson in Pursuit: Philosophy | Politics | Religion by Steve Patterson

Oct 5, 20259:26Society & Culture

The desire to understand mechanism has led scientists, doctors, and researchers into grave error—the “mechanism fallacy”—thinking that correlations are not causally connected if the mechanism is not understood. Get full...

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"But What's the Mechanism?" is an episode from Patterson in Pursuit: Philosophy | Politics | Religion by Steve Patterson. The desire to understand mechanism has led scientists, doctors, and researchers into grave error—the “mechanism fallac...

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