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Decius comments on Smoking lesion as a counterexample to CDT - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Decius 29 October 2012 03:18:11PM 0 points [-]

In a world which only accepts observational evidence. One could point to the derministic effects of poisons on cells, and the ways in which cancers tend to form. However, the current goal is a system where there are many unknown intermediate effects between causes and effects.