Vaniver comments on Causal Diagrams and Causal Models - Less Wrong

61 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 12 October 2012 09:49PM

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Comment author: Vaniver 12 October 2012 03:00:31AM 5 points [-]

But the third model, in which recessions directly cause alarms, which only then cause burglars, does not have this property.

This is not the third model in your picture.

Comment author: Alex_Altair 12 October 2012 05:13:35PM 2 points [-]

Fixed.

Comment author: Jay_Schweikert 12 October 2012 02:44:36PM 2 points [-]

Right, it seems like "Burglar" and "Recession" should switch places in the third diagram.