What Does Something Like Thor Heyerdhal's Voyage in a Balsa

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Short Answer

What does something like Thor Heyerdhal's voyage in a balsa raft actually prove?

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Definitions:

Cause-and-Effect Relationship

A connection between two events where one event (cause) leads to the outcome of another event (effect).

Sampling Bias

A distortion in the outcome of a study due to the method in which samples are collected, resulting in a non-representative sample of the population.

Response Set

A tendency in survey respondents to answer questions in a particular pattern, regardless of the content.

Halo Effect

A cognitive bias where perceptions of one quality lead to unjustified positive or negative assessments of other qualities.