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In the interest of keeping this Twitter conversation as a platform for genuine learning, and saluting our Golden Rule: "One example outweighs ten debates", I strongly recommend that readers try to work out this toy example: It calls for analyzing a causal chain X-->Y-->Z
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in two frameworks: 1. DAGs, 2. Potential outcomes. It has two stages: (a) specify the model assumptions in both languages, and (b) decide if those assumptions have testable implications. The example is extremely important for
understanding the often-heard claim:
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"The two frameworks are "provenly equivalent"" and its counter-claim: "logical equivalence ain't computational equivalence." It is a great opportunity to engage in a fun example that most debaters have tried to avoid. Good luck.
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