The social role of a tavern cannot establish that alcohol itself caused the benefits observed there.
Some controlled experiments do isolate alcohol; their narrow outcomes do not validate every historical generalization.
Slingerland's workplace and patent examples combine meeting opportunities, selection into venues and drinking. Historical writing should separate place, participants and substance.
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The social role of a tavern cannot establish that alcohol itself caused the benefits observed there.
Reasoning
Slingerland's workplace and patent examples combine meeting opportunities, selection into venues and drinking. Historical writing should separate place, participants and substance.
Counterpoint: Some controlled experiments do isolate alcohol; their narrow outcomes do not validate every historical generalization.
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