Re: “Core tenet 1: For any given observation, there are lots of different reasons that may have caused it.”
This seems badly phrased. It is normally previous events that cause observations. It is not clear what it means for a reason to cause something.
Good point. That sentence structure was a carryover from Finnish, where you can say that reasons cause things.
Would “Any given observation has many different possible causes” be better?
Yes, that would be better.
Changed.
Re: “Core tenet 1: For any given observation, there are lots of different reasons that may have caused it.”
This seems badly phrased. It is normally previous events that cause observations. It is not clear what it means for a reason to cause something.
Good point. That sentence structure was a carryover from Finnish, where you can say that reasons cause things.
Would “Any given observation has many different possible causes” be better?
Yes, that would be better.
Changed.