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27 Post author: RomeoStevens 16 May 2012 12:17AM

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Comment author: Randaly 16 May 2012 04:44:11AM *  5 points [-]

Incidentally, Pearl's original explanation in Chapter 1 of Causality is here; the whole first edition of the book is available online here.