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“There is no possible way of making an inference from the existence of one situation to the existence of another, entirely different situation. There is no causal nexus to justify such an inference.” - Ludwig Wittgenstein, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus . . .

“There is no possible way of making an inference from the existence of one situation to the existence of another, entirely different situation. There is no causal nexus to justify such an inference.”

Ludwig Wittgenstein, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus

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