Posted by metric on May 6, 2009, at 18:14:27
In reply to Re: drug for motivation!, posted by linkadge on May 5, 2009, at 18:19:55
> >just that there's so much other stuff going on >that it's impossible to make inferences about >subtle human behaviors based on observational >correlations of changes in regional brain >activity.
>
> Its never impossible to make inferences.Geez, I had actually used the qualifier "reasonable" in my original wording, but removed it because it seemed superfluous in consideration of the meaning of the word "impossible", which doesn't only mean "not possible" according to actual usage or any English dictionary I've consulted. I didn't want say "conclusion", because it implies too much certainty.
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