However, on closer look, Dean s two claims are in want of convincing evidence. In any event, no fear of witches or ghosts need to be made up to explain low birth counts at midnight hours. Dean did not ignore these inconsistencies, but he adjusted interpretations of unexpected correlations post hoc so as to fit them to his guiding idea. In sum, I may conclude that Gauquelin planetary effects cannot be explained, not even partly, by parental birth date tampering . But he disregards this term s actual meaning.
Attribution means presupposing causes of desired or undesired past events .