Re: Cheating

On Mon, 5 Jan 2004 15:37:53 +0000 (UTC), David Stevenson
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>[...]
>   One of the modern things I dislike -

It is widely known that almost everything was better organized and
people generally more admirable when we were young.   

> this is not a bridge-oriented 
>remark, but a life-oriented remark - is that people think things have 
>single causes.

It's William of Occam's (1289-1349) fault. Unfortunately he didn't
have our advantages... 

>  In England road crashes are increasingly blamed on speed 

.... no motor cars, no speed traps, no statistics. 

>rather than all the other reasons [eg a badly maintained car is more 
>likely to break at high speed].  In fact most things have multiple 
>causes.

>  In my view the difference in number of convicted cheating cases 
>between OKB and BBO is the result of many reasons.

Good thinking!

>-- 
>David Stevenson            Wirral, Merseyside, UK       
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