RobinZ comments on Causation as Bias (sort of) - Less Wrong

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Comment author: RobinZ 16 July 2009 06:07:29PM 0 points [-]

I would say, "increasing this credence toward 100%" - without mathematical proof that the familiar sort of causation is the only such scheme that is feasible, absolute certainty is (slightly) risky. (Even with such proof, it is risky - proofs aren't perfect guarantees.)