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Originally Posted by fretelöo
Why not?
I'm assuming the butterfly in the proverbial butterfly effect simply stands for "minuscle cause".
"Butterflies can cause tornadoes" = A
"sneezes can cause tornadoes" = B
"cars can cause tornadoes" = C
"other manmade causes can cause tornadoes" = D
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You said "If we assume A, then B, C and D" , your correction didn't fix the initial issue since it only replaced B/C/D with a generic X, ala if A then X.
Its just a bit of technical nittery, you probably meant "If we assume A, then we should also assume B, C and D" which would be fine.
ie, you can't use A to show the others as true, but you are just suggesting they are similar as justification for making an assumption of their truth.