#Microsoft's viral paper about *correlations* between #AI use and #criticalThinking also has "impact" in the title (despite admitting "Our analysis does not establish #causation").

#Confidence in #GenAI predicted LESS critical thinking.

SELF-confidence predicted MORE critical thinking.

PREDICTED ≠ CAUSED

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/publication/the-impact-of-generative-ai-on-critical-thinking-self-reported-reductions-in-cognitive-effort-and-confidence-effects-from-a-survey-of-knowledge-workers/

@simplicitarian While walking is a good thing, can't always its a causative effect for a long life.

However, not driving means I don't have to park or move a car which means there's more time for things like calling Gov. Kathy Hochul to ask for congestion pricing and participate in community affairs.
#aging #causation #CongestionPricing

…we expanded our reach in 2005-2015 to ”smarter everything“ categories still with regional, governmental and industrial, logistics organizations. Then, from 2010-today, clarity in our mission led to an #IoT #IIoT maturity model of #connection, #communication, #contextualization, #collaboration, #causation, #conceptualization and #cognition leading to #SensorAnalyticsEcosystems

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Yes. You'll find a lot with a #duckduckgo search.

From the #EvolutionaryBiology perspective there is the human need to see patterns where there are none.

"That cloud looks like an elephant." for example.

#Causation vs #Correlation challenges everywhere.

The quote, "Never attribute to intention what can be explained by incompetence." has many variations that push back on our tendency to jump to the nefarious when the truth is more banal.

Connecting the dots regarding #China, #Russia, #Ukraine, #Iran, #SaudiArabia, #Israel. #BFD

Meanwhile, #Russia too is distancing itself from #Trump #VP #JDVance if its state TV coverage of #Vance reported by #JuliaDavis is to be believed

All of the above are discrete data points, and we know that EVERYONE who confuses #correlation and #causation ends up dying.

Still, it is tantalizing to imagine the implications if these are indeed connected

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