I agree that it is a pity that Judea Pearl does not engage in our discussions on this site. I suppose he can still follow links to find out what we are writing; I will link my Twitter posts to this site more consistently from now on! He has now responded in a general way this morning to my question about how to verify his assumptions about consistency and I have asked for a link or reference to his source. You will have learnt from my recent post on ‘solid causal inferences’ [Examples of solid causal inferences from purely observational data - #26 by HuwLlewelyn] that I have spent a lot of thought and time on how we can use post licensing ‘observational’ studies learn how to apply RCT results to patient care and to monitor our effectiveness. I am hoping that my diligence in participating in these discussions will help me to learn how best to explain my own ideas to the statistical and CI communities (as in addition to clinicians in my own community).
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