taw comments on Counterfactual resiliency test for non-causal models - Less Wrong

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Comment author: endoself 30 August 2012 08:57:08PM 18 points [-]

There's a very plausible common cause. Humans likely developed the traits that allowed them to easily invent agriculture during the last glacial period. The glacial period ended 10 000 years ago, so that's when the climate became amenable to agriculture.

Comment author: taw 31 August 2012 10:22:48AM 0 points [-]

Agriculture developed very far from regions most affected by glaciation, and in very diverse climates, so any climatic common cause is pretty dubious.