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No, they're saying the causal relation does not add much more (quantitatively speaking) to an existing correlative relation. They're suggesting we throw out the
by Retra 10y ago
No, they're saying the causal relation does not add much more (quantitatively speaking) to an existing correlative relation. They're suggesting we throw out the part that distinguishes causal from correlative, not correlative reasoning altogether.
- epistasis 10y agoIf that's that what nonbel is actually saying, then nonbel does not have much experience with modern science. The difference between P(Y|X) and P(Y|do(X)) are, in my scientific experience, the difference between doing science and doing statistics. The difference between understanding and guessing. This is precisely the difference between quantitative understanding and "astrology," as they phrased it.