On the second count, saying "we're merely producing the status quo" doesn't exactly make one stand up and cheer, but the premise isn't true: colleges are exacerbating the status quo.
The desperate attempts of the political and economic elite to frame the crisis as anything other than what it actually is merely produces policy paralysis while the clock ticks away on our unsustainable trade deficit, risking a bigger economic debacle the longer we wait.
PCDD/Fs enter the environment solely as unintentional by-products from industrial and thermal processes, while DL-PCBs are merely intentionally produced chemicals that are released due to inappropriate disposal practices, accidents and leakages from industrial facilities [ 2, 5].
In one way, big firms are merely legal fictions, which produce returns out of interchangeable assets.
At the same time, the conceit that those in the 98th percentile are merely "well off" has produced some stomach-churning sights.
Unless he is merely to produce a sequel, Justice Cohen will have to come up with some radical recommendations.
According to Leibniz, the terms 'efficiently cause' and 'produce' are synonymous: "It must be admitted that in saying that "efficient cause" is what produces and 'effect is what is produced, you are merely dealing in synonyms" (New Essays A vi, 6, 228).
Note: Although the p-values produced this way are merely used as a score and are not interpreted as type-1 error rates, it might be interesting to assess the significance of the individual tests.
What are commonly called "causes" are merely "occasions" on which God acts to produce effects.
