Separate Correlation From Causation 2/2
In a lot of cases, correlations are nothing more than flukes or chance, yet we rapidly jump to causal thoughts. When evaluating cause and effect, the default mental model should always be to separate correlation from causation and not assume a causal relationship unless you can definitively say so. As we gain more life experience, causal factors become a little more complex. There are more conditions, underlying motives, and elements that affect events. Sometimes it’s hard to point to a singular cause, because it’s hard to say that it acted alone or wasn’t the product of multiple mini-causes.
This process involves looking past the immediate reason things happen (the proximate cause) and searching for certain greater, more fundamental basis that things happen (the root cause). The proximate cause is to the root cause as correlation is to plain causation. Solving for the former (proximate cause; correlation) won’t rid you of your troubles. Getting rid of the proxima causes is a more critical and profound way of discovering the real answers and explanations for events. Quality thinking means going past the proximate cause—which is usually just a physical sequence of cues—and understanding the factors, thinking or emotional patterns, or environmental elements that set the groundwork for something happening.
Differentiating between proximate and root causes makes one keep going in the discovery process—whereas, left to one’s own instincts, they might just stop asking once they identify the immediate cause or even when they see a vague correlation. By going deeper you’ll get a better understanding of why things happen and be better positioned to deal with problems.
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In a lot of cases, correlations are nothing more than flukes or chance, yet we rapidly jump to causal thoughts. When evaluating cause and effect, the default mental model should always be to separate correlation from causation and not assume a causal relationship unless you can definitively say so. As we gain more life experience, causal factors become a little more complex. There are more conditions, underlying motives, and elements that affect events. Sometimes it’s hard to point to a singular cause, because it’s hard to say that it acted alone or wasn’t the product of multiple mini-causes.
This process involves looking past the immediate reason things happen (the proximate cause) and searching for certain greater, more fundamental basis that things happen (the root cause). The proximate cause is to the root cause as correlation is to plain causation. Solving for the former (proximate cause; correlation) won’t rid you of your troubles. Getting rid of the proxima causes is a more critical and profound way of discovering the real answers and explanations for events. Quality thinking means going past the proximate cause—which is usually just a physical sequence of cues—and understanding the factors, thinking or emotional patterns, or environmental elements that set the groundwork for something happening.
Differentiating between proximate and root causes makes one keep going in the discovery process—whereas, left to one’s own instincts, they might just stop asking once they identify the immediate cause or even when they see a vague correlation. By going deeper you’ll get a better understanding of why things happen and be better positioned to deal with problems.
#HumanNature
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