IlyaShpitser comments on Confound it! Correlation is (usually) not causation! But why not? - LessWrong

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Comment author: IlyaShpitser 09 July 2014 06:46:54PM *  8 points [-]

I agree with gwern's decision to separate statistical issues from issues which arise even with infinite samples. Statistical issues are also extremely important, and deserve careful study, however we should divide and conquer complicated subjects.

Comment author: Cyan 09 July 2014 07:05:31PM 9 points [-]

I also agree -- I'm recommending that he make that split clearer to the reader by addressing it up front.