MugaSofer comments on Confound it! Correlation is (usually) not causation! But why not? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: MugaSofer 10 July 2014 09:35:26PM 3 points [-]

So, um ... how do we assess the likelihood of causation, assuming we can't conduct an impromptu experiment on the spot?

Comment author: IlyaShpitser 10 July 2014 09:56:21PM 7 points [-]

The keywords are 'causal discovery,' 'structure learning.' There is a large literature.