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Solution: ‘The Slippery Math of Causation’
- nonbel 8y agoThis has nothing to do with causation. The solution to the first problem is this simple: if((a > 1 & b > 1 & c > 1) | (a < 1 & b < 1 & c < 1)){ event }else{ no_event } They introduce a bunch of artificial constraints and then get into weirdness about "cubies" and 3-D sandwiches which is fine for a puzzles sake but what does this have to do with "the math of causation"?
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- TheOtherHobbes 8y agoYour solution does not solve the problem posed. I suggest you read the article again - mors than once.
- nonbel 8y agoIf by problem posed you mean the one with artifical constraints then sure. Once again, what does that have to do with "math of causation though".
- outlace 8y agoThis more related to the omnigenic model that’s referenced in the article: if every gene affects most traits we care about, maybe studying genes is too low-level for most things? Like of course a massive collection of atoms caused world war 2 but we gain no explanatory power by studying sociological conflicts at the level of atoms. Perhaps we need to find a higher level of abstraction over genes, such as gene networks.