The thesis of this piece is effectively "causality is the inevitable destination of science" paired with the corrolary that "correlation is not causation". Stat

The thesis of this piece is effectively "causality is the inevitable destination of science" paired with the corrolary that "correlation is not causation". Statistics is a field with very limited insights. Once you apply causality to the mathematics of statistics (i.e. Pearl's do-calculus) you can actually make claims about the informational content expressed through recording events and facts of reality.