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Old 01-17-2011, 07:07 PM   #11
Undertoad
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OK let's use an example.

In an avalanche, the cause is the slow buildup of unstable snow on a height, and the trigger is a relatively small event - the falling of a branch, the schuss of a skier - that finally brings all that instability to bear, and the event happens.

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It is you who has consistently denied the possibility
That wasn't what we were talking about, but fine. I don't deny anything. I merely ask for proof of a causal relationship. I don't deny, I challenge. They are different. I can give you more examples if you require.
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