Judea's work and "The Book of Why" ought to be required reading for anyone who draws conclusions from data. People who do not understand statistics well enough

Judea's work and "The Book of Why" ought to be required reading for anyone who draws conclusions from data. People who do not understand statistics well enough to understand the book need to study statistical thinking until they do. Michael Nielson has a nice post (circa 2012) on the topic at http://www.michaelnielsen.org/ddi/if-correlation-doesnt-imply-causation-then-what-does/ http://www.michaelnielsen.org/ddi/if-correlation-doesnt-impl... with comments at http://www.michaelnielsen.org/ddi/guest-post-judea-pearl-on-correlation-causation-and-the-psychology-of-simpsons-paradox/ http://www.michaelnielsen.org/ddi/guest-post-judea-pearl-on-....