Research also shows that explanations accompanied by images of the brain also persuade people to believe in their validity, however random the illustration.
Cameron sees both as purely speculative, and insists that explanations of difference must take account of three much more prosaic factors.
He invokes Occam's razor, a concept adopted by medieval philosophers and theologians, which holds that explanations should rely on the smallest possible number of causes.
Another possibility derives from the psychological theory that explanations most accessible to us to account for our predicaments are vital determinants of our morale.
One obvious line of objection is that explanations, in ordinary life as well as in the sciences, rarely take the form of complete arguments.
The Western tradition of dictionary making began among the Greeks, although not until the language had changed so much that explanations and commentaries were needed.
The Beckett Report, commissioned by the party in the wake of its defeat, warned that explanations including Labour being "too left wing", "anti-business", or "anti-aspiration" were not "significant" factors.
The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper summed up the charge sheet perfectly: "Van Gaal is dogmatic without a plan B … Now that explanations for the weakness of Bayern's season [World Cup tiredness, Arjen Robben's injury] are no longer valid, he's at the centre of criticism.
When the manager of Bayern Munich in 2011, The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung wrote: "Van Gaal is dogmatic without a plan B … Now that explanations for the weakness of Bayern's season [World Cup tiredness, Arjen Robben's injury] are no longer valid, he's at the centre of criticism.
The more facts that explanations seek to correlate, the more limited their scope must be.
It was predicted that explanations created by high spatial participants would include more functional information.
