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Correlation is usually not causation. But why not?
Correlations are oft interpreted as evidence for causation; this is oft falsified; do causal graphs explain why this is so common, because the number of possible indirect paths greatly exceeds the direct paths necessary for useful manipulation?
- Points
- 114
- HN comments
- 76
- Submissions
- 2
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- 12 commenters
Math & AlgorithmsScience & Space2014
On Hacker News
| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 2014 | Correlation is usually not causation. But why not? by Amarok | 114 | 71 |
| Aug 26, 2016 | Causal Nets Cause Common Confounding by colinprince | 51 | 5 |
Cited in comments
Linked from 15 Hacker News comments by 12 different people, from Oct 2014 to Dec 2022.
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- pjscott · Dec 3, 2022
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- avsteele · Feb 23, 2021
