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Comment author: lukeprog 04 November 2013 04:31:36PM *  0 points [-]

Karma points to whoever identifies them correctly!

The guy on the right is more accurately represented than the guy on the left, but the guy on the left may still be guessable based on the subject matter. Hint: the guy on the left is a philosopher known, among other things, for his post-1950 contributions to theory of causality.

(The guy in the middle is Judea Pearl, Ilya's advisor at UCLA.)

Update: dougclow correctly identified the man on the right, and vallinder correctly identified the man on the left.

Comment author: dougclow 04 November 2013 05:00:28PM 16 points [-]

Guy on the right is Markus Kalisch.

Not sure about the one on the left - outside chance it's Bertrand Russell but probably not.

Comment author: lukeprog 04 November 2013 05:06:29PM 0 points [-]

Give the man some points!

Guy on the right is indeed Markus Kalisch.

The guy on the left is not Bertrand Russell.