VoiceOfRa comments on Starting University Advice Repository - Less Wrong

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Comment author: VoiceOfRa 06 December 2015 12:43:34AM *  5 points [-]

Yes, you can. You can conclude that some causal factor exists. You then define g to be that causal factor.

Comment author: IlyaShpitser 06 December 2015 01:13:24AM *  -1 points [-]

No you can't conclude that. I am glad we had this chat.

Comment author: VoiceOfRa 06 December 2015 05:32:57AM 4 points [-]

No you can't conclude that.

So you're saying that the fact that all these traits are correlated is a complete coincidence?

Comment author: IlyaShpitser 06 December 2015 05:45:04AM *  0 points [-]

Look Eugene, I am not super interested in getting into an internet argument with you and your army of downvoting sockpuppets. What I am saying is you don't understand how causality is concluded from data. Maybe you should read about it sometime.

Comment author: VoiceOfRa 06 December 2015 09:23:29PM 8 points [-]

Oh, I do. How about you read up on IQ research sometime.

Comment author: Good_Burning_Plastic 07 December 2015 05:16:47AM -1 points [-]

What if there are several such causal factors?

Comment author: VoiceOfRa 07 December 2015 06:56:09PM 1 point [-]

The correlation studies that lead to defining IQ suggested that there is a single one, or if there multiple, they themselves are strongly correlated with each other.