Prediction or cause? Information theory may hold the key
Friday, September 30, 2011 - 09:30
in Psychology & Sociology
(PhysOrg.com) -- "A perplexing philosophical issue in science is the question of anticipation, or prediction, versus causality," Shawn Pethel tells PhysOrg.com. "Can you tell the difference between something predicting an event and something actually causing an event?"