It actually is possible to infer causality from statistics. That's (partially) what this author's work is all about. For a brief explanation of how that's possi

It actually is possible to infer causality from statistics. That's (partially) what this author's work is all about. For a brief explanation of how that's possible, see this post: http://lesswrong.com/lw/ev3/causal_diagrams_and_causal_models/ http://lesswrong.com/lw/ev3/causal_diagrams_and_causal_model...