can you infer a necessary condition from "almost invariably" Forum

[sangr]

so im just wondering if
A "almost invariably" leads to B

can you call that causation, or necessary/sufficient

[StrictlyLiable]

Seems possible. "invariably" alone seems better though.

[youknowryan]

so im just wondering if
A "almost invariably" leads to B

can you call that causation, or necessary/sufficient

almost invariably = most, which is numerically 51% to 100%. It therefore cannot be any of the above.


invariably = all and will allow for the above.

[dakatz]

Almost invariably does not denote 100%. Something is only necessary when it follows 100% of the time.

"A sugar rush is almost invariably followed by a crash"

Does this mean that a crash will always follow a sugar rush? No, so the argument isn't deductive. Remember that the LSAT is very specific about these things and those are the types of mixups they expect people to make.

[blhblahblah]

In the scientific world, when two variables co-occur at a frequency that meets an acceptable threshold, it can be said that when one occurs the other will occur (controlling of course for third variables, directionality, etc.).

However, for purposes of LSAT, anything less than always is only correlation

[whymeohgodno]

It's very simple.

No.