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Prediction or cause? Information theory may hold the key

Prediction or cause? Information theory may hold the key | Science News | Scoop.it

(PhysOrg.com) "Can you tell the difference between something predicting an event and something actually causing an event?"

 -- 'A perplexing philosophical issue in science is the question of anticipation, or prediction, versus causality,' Shawn Pethel tells PhysOrg.com.

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"Religion is as Human as the Flint Ax and the Computer"

"Religion is as Human as the Flint Ax and the Computer" | Science News | Scoop.it

Toolmaking made us human. Early hominids understood cause and effect and came to believe in unseen gods and spirits as causes for life's great mysteries, including illness and death.

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