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Judea Pearl is tough going for me. I've never met him but he comes across as arrogant and condescending through his writing. I also find his writing very toug
by chewyshine 9y ago
Judea Pearl is tough going for me. I've never met him but he comes across as arrogant and condescending through his writing. I also find his writing very tough to follow. Even so, his Do-calculus is a valuable perspective on causal inference. Dawid is my go to source for clear exposition of causal concepts. Hard to find a clearer thinker and better writer in this area.
- dfan 9y agoI agree that this article came off as a bit condescending. Pearl has a more general-audience book coming out this year coauthored with Dana Mackenzie called The Book of Why: The Science of Cause and Effect. I'm hoping that it will be a more gentle introduction to the topic. I'll check out Dawid in the meantime.
- tr1ckst3r 9y agocan you clarify what Dawid you're referring to? The one who authored https://www.ucl.ac.uk/statistics/research/pdfs/rr279.pdf https://www.ucl.ac.uk/statistics/research/pdfs/rr279.pdf ?