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Crucial to generate knowledge and to inform decision making
Questions like ”What if?” and ”Why?” are everywhere and inherently causal
The underlying concept of Causality is a long-standing topic in Philosophy
Causal inference aims to quantify the efect of a cause using data and is ubiquitous, e.g. in clinical trials
as driver of the ”credibility revolution” in economics and social science in general to inform business decision making