Trials and errors: Why science is failing us (Wired UK) - 0 views
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Because scientists understood the individual steps of the cholesterol pathway at such a precise level, they assumed they also understood how it worked as a whole.
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In general, we believe that the so-called problem of causation can be cured by more information. Scientists refer to this process as reductionism.
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although people talk about causes as if they are real facts -- tangible things that can be discovered -- they're actually not at all factual. Instead, Hume said, every cause is just a slippery story, a catchy conjecture, a "lively conception produced by habit".
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