wedrifid comments on Statistical Prediction Rules Out-Perform Expert Human Judgments - Less Wrong

68 Post author: lukeprog 18 January 2011 03:19AM

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Comment author: wedrifid 19 January 2011 02:23:11AM 1 point [-]

Not necessarily, consider the example of happy marriages. Will having more sex make your relationship happier?

Yes. Almost certainly. But there are plenty of other examples you could pick from where there is not causality involved (and some for which causality is negative).