fundamental problem of causal inference¶
The. (1986). fundamental problem of causal inference.
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Mechanisms¶
- Counterfactual Origin and Omitted-Founder Probe
- Its failure mode is that counterfactuals are unfalsifiable in principle — you can never observe the population that wasn't founded, which is the fundamental problem of causal inference
This sourceIt is why an omitted-founder probe yields a modeled estimate rather than a measurement, and why its counterfactual set must be fixed in advance to stay honest.
- Its failure mode is that counterfactuals are unfalsifiable in principle — you can never observe the population that wasn't founded, which is the fundamental problem of causal inference
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