@St_Rev @themattsimpson How do you feel about Pearl's account of causality?
@themattsimpson @sarahdoingthing "Causality is just stuff making stuff happen." circular
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@GrumplessGrinch @themattsimpson Don't understand it, haven't tried hard, my logic background is weak.@Meaningness thinks it's wrong. -
@St_Rev @themattsimpson tbh I haven't read many criticisms of it, should read more.@Meaningness do you have a piece on the topic? -
@GrumplessGrinch Pearl’s thing is not “wrong,” but is applicable only in limited, highly-controlled circumstances. -
@GrumplessGrinch Also, it doesn’t correspond to ordinary-person understanding of causality (only statistician’s meaning; not same). -
@GrumplessGrinch It assumes you have a small, fixed, perfectly-defined set of variables, and only a subset of possible interactions between. -
@Meaningness In practice this is often useful. -
@GrumplessGrinch Yes, it’s fine; just not a general account of causality in either common-sense or scientific understanding. - 2 more replies
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