J. Nathan Matias 🦣 on Nostr: Hypothesis: even relatively weak causal arguments with timeseries can be persuasive ...

Hypothesis: even relatively weak causal arguments with timeseries can be persuasive partly because debates over causation (as people squint at the chart) generate a controversy that spreads a catchy plot further to more people who then believe it.

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