Rich Morris on Mythryl: “Causes can exist without correlation, but they are hard to detect…”

“Every student learns that correlation does not imply causation. Few learn the converse: absence of correlation does not imply absence of causation. Both mistakes are common in applied work, and understanding why reveals something fundamental about what causal inference requires.”

koenfucius@koenfucius.bsky.social

“Correlation does *not* imply causation” is not the last word—it’s only the beginning. Cesar Chavez tracks how modern economics has been approaching causality (and the causality fallacy… and its reverse): bit.ly/4cpiLsm

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