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I have some questions about causal inference developed by Pearl. For a background see e.g. the thread https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/the-causal-revolution-and-why-you-should-study-it.987205/
and wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causal_model
Scientists think in causal terms intuitively, even without knowing about formal theory of causal inference. Is there an example of an actual scientific problem that scientist couldn't solve with intuitive causal thinking, but solved it with the use of formal causal inference?
and wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causal_model
Scientists think in causal terms intuitively, even without knowing about formal theory of causal inference. Is there an example of an actual scientific problem that scientist couldn't solve with intuitive causal thinking, but solved it with the use of formal causal inference?