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Eat an expensive cake

2023-04-26 13:54:45

Price is not the only difference between cheap and expensive cakes.

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Indeed, cheap cakes are cheap and expensive cakes are expensive.
But once you’ve eaten an expensive cake, you’ll understand why cheap cakes are cheap and expensive cakes are expensive.
From my limited experience, expensive cakes seem to be made with a lot of effort.
For example, let’s take the whipped cream in the cake. The fresh cream applied to the expensive cake is well kneaded.
In contrast, cheap cake whipped cream is made in a relatively short time.
However, the reason why cheap cakes sell to some extent is simple. That’s because cheap cakes are cheap, and there are people who choose them.

What are the conditions under which a causal relationship can be recognized?
In order for a causal relationship to be established, the following conditions must be met:
Correlation: When causation exists, a change in one event causes a change in the other event. Therefore, the two events must be correlated. However, just because there is correlation does not mean there is causation.
Temporal Dominance: When there is causality, the cause precedes the effect. In other words, we need temporal causality.
Ability to rule out non-causal factors: In order to explain causality, factors other than cause and effect must be ruled out. This is achieved by controlling for influencing factors during experiments and observations using scientific and statistical methods.
Understand Mechanism: It is desirable to understand the mechanism between cause and effect. It is important to be able to describe the relationship, including intermediate variables between cause and effect.
Note that satisfying these conditions increases the likelihood that causality is found, but it cannot be definitively proven. Causality is always subject to scientific scrutiny and may be revised as new evidence emerges.

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