THE BOOK OF WHAT AND HOW

Why did you take this book off the shelf? Why did you turn it over and start reading what is written on the back? You picked up a book and are reading. This is a result. And if so, there is probably a reason, although it is not certain that you know what it is. In any case, this is what we assume: every result must have a cause. There is a tide on the beach, there is a traffic jam on the road, the girl has blue eyes, one tree grows fast and the other slowly. Why? The results can be seen, but the causes are not always easy to identify. The data can confuse us. Is there a connection between an increase in crime and an increase in ice cream consumption? Is there a connection between smoking and cancer? In both cases there is a correlation. When you eat more ice cream, there is more crime. When you smoke more, you get sicker. But correlation does not always indicate causation. In the case of the ice cream there is no causality. In the case of smoking there is causality. It is not easy to p