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		joshlemer 37 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Open source is not about you (2018) But it is evidence for causation.

lucketone 37 days ago [–]

Is it?

joshlemer 37 days ago | [–]

Yes. If A is correlated with B, is A more likely to cause B than if A is not correlated with B? Clearly yes.

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