Category Archives: Causation

Predictions of climate change impacts on fisheries can be a mirage

Posted on April 14, 2013 | 116 comments

by Judith Curry

A novel method for causal inference has been motivated by .  .  .  sardines.

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Posted in Causation, Climate change impacts, Policy

Systemic thinking on causation

Posted on November 5, 2012 | 225 comments

by Judith Curry

George Lakoff has just thrown  a big can of worms into the global warming debate:

Yes, global warming systemically caused Hurricane Sandy — and the Midwest droughts and the fires in Colorado and Texas, as well as other extreme weather disasters around the world. Let’s say it out loud, it was causation, systemic causation. 

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Posted in Attribution, Causation