On Wed, 26 Jan 2011 18:36:14 -0700, Patrick Elliott wrote:

> We do this on a regular basis for "companies" that are even as small as
> a mom and pop outfit, where they have to be actually *selling* what they
> claim, and it has to work as advertised.

And if someone uses something like Tarot and gets an outcome that matches 
what they were aiming for, then it could be said to be "working as 
advertised".  Yes, you and I both know that correlation is not causation, 
but the fact of the matter is that someone calling in to Miss Cleo gets 
their fortune told that they're going to (say) win the lottery, and they 
win the lottery, hey, it worked as advertised.

Jim

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