CAUSALITY - WHY I WROTE THIS BOOK

CAUSALITY - WHY I WROTE THIS BOOK: "My science teacher, Dr. Feuchtwanger, introduced us to the study of logic by discussing the 19th century finding that more people died from smallpox inoculations than from smallpox itself. Some people used this information to argue that inoculation was harmful when, in fact, the data proved the opposite, that inoculation was saving lives by eradicating smallpox.

'And here is where logic comes in,' concluded Dr. Feuchtwanger, 'To protect us from cause-effect fallacies of this sort.' We were all enchanted by the marvels of logic, even though Dr. Feuchtwanger never actually showed us how logic protects us from such fallacies."

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