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The Book of Why by Judea Pearl and Dana Mackenzie — WisdomDeck honest review

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The Book of Why

by Judea Pearl and Dana Mackenzie

The causal revolution: how to reason about cause, not just correlation, with the ladder of causation and do-calculus. Demanding and important.

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you want to understand causation properly.

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you want light reading.

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Three things you will actually use

Correlation is rung one.
Intervene to learn cause.
Counterfactuals are the top.

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Read the chapter on the ladder of causation.

Our verdict

Pearl on causation.

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