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在科研中，我们习惯于从数据中寻找关系，并且常常能得到相关关系。但问题在于，相关分析给出的，往往只是一个起点，而不是答案。从相关到因果之间，隐藏着一整套不那么显眼、却至关重要的前提：是否存在混杂？控制变量是否恰当？即使统计上再“显著”，结论也可能偏离真 ...

It’s a walk down memory lane of U.S.-based free-speech foofaraws that distracted us during that country’s authoritarian slide ...