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This is a causal claim but you've only adduced correlations.
by wendyshu 6y ago
This is a causal claim but you've only adduced correlations.
- MickerNews 6y agoYou can never prove causality.
- Matumio 6y agoAll general statements are false. Joking aside, you can sometimes prove causality. It's just not as easy as proving a correlation. The most broadly accepted method would be a RCT (randomized controlled trial), though it is often unethical or unfeasible. You can also build on causal assumption that everyone agrees on. (Like: A person's gender cannot be caused by a government policy. A person winning the lottery is not caused by anything other than playing the lottery.) From such knowledge you can build a causal graph, and (in some cases) draw new causal conclusions from statistical data. Long story short: you cannot just dismiss a correlation as being useless for any proof of causality.