JVP
>>The point is this - conclusions by themselves are worthless.<<
Hate to jump into this fascinating discussion...
But your statement above is only "always" true in a notional debate. It falls apart in the harshness of the real world.
Eg: The light goes on when I flick the switch. That is the conclusion that concerns me. How and why "the journey" happened to cause photons to illuminate my dark office does not matter a jot. Same with a Big Mac- actually if you actually checked how that thing came to be, you might not be so pleased to tuck in.
HTH < g >
Regards
JR
"... They ne'er cared for us
yet: suffer us to famish, and their store-houses
crammed with grain; make edicts for usury, to
support usurers; repeal daily any wholesome act
established against the rich, and provide more
piercing statutes daily, to chain up and restrain
the poor. If the wars eat us not up, they will; and
there's all the love they bear us."
-- Shakespeare: Coriolanus, Act 1, scene 1
