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Abstract

I am glad to see that so able a critic as Mr. Biggs has
taken up the important subject of the " Death rate in its
observed coincident relation to super-terrestrial phenomena,"
which was recently introduced by me in a paper read before
this Society ; although, at the same time, it is to be regretted
that he has based his remarks upon a brief abstract from a
newspaper rather than upon the paper itself, for it has
greatly misled him as regards the nature and scope of my
argument.
In Mr. Johnston's rejoinder he states that: "It appears to me to be very clear that Mr. Biggs' difficulty
is caused chiefly by erroneously assuming that the
relations commented upon are simple instead of complex, and
that belief in a more or less striking observed coincidence
seems to be regarded by him as synonymous with a like
belief in a corresponding mutual inter-dependence between the
matters which have been observed to coincide.
Now there is a very wide difference between the conception
or conviction of a known agreement or coincidence and the
conception of an underlying casual relation."

Item Type:	Article
Authors/Creators:	Johnston, Robert Mackenzie
Keywords:	Royal Society of Tasmania, Van Diemens Land, VDL, Hobart Town, natural sciences, proceedings, records
Journal or Publication Title:	Papers & Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania
Collections:	Royal Society Collection > Papers & Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania
Additional Information:	In 1843 the Horticultural and Botanical Society of Van Diemen's Land was founded and became the Royal Society of Van Diemen's Land for Horticulture, Botany, and the Advancement of Science in 1844. In 1855 its name changed to Royal Society of Tasmania for Horticulture, Botany, and the Advancement of Science. In 1911 the name was shortened to Royal Society of Tasmania.
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