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10 timestamped hits 2 source readings 2 extracted notes Aliases: causations

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Causation

Predictions help validate a model, but correct predictions do not prove causation, and Jiang says fame has reduced his objectivity because his statements can affect events.

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Method reflection stated on 2026-04-09.

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Predictions help validate a model, but correct predictions do not prove causation, and Jiang says fame has reduced his objectivity because his statements can affect events.

Epistemic caveat stated on 2024-05-24.

model

Jiang warns that observing the predicted escalation would not prove that the IRGC killed Raisi; the indicators would fit the hypothesis but would not establish causation.

Timestamped Evidence

Raisi's Death and the Beneficiary Test

2024-05-24, day precision · Geo-Strategy #7: Who Killed Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi?

Transcript

"And also, by the way. Just because these things might happen. Does not mean that. Raisi was killed by the Revolutionary Guard Corp. Okay?..."

History As River, Prophecy As Plan

2026-04-09, day precision · Game Theory #20: Mid-Term Examination

Transcript

"...an impossible thing. So, I appreciate this question. Yes. Correlation and causation are two different things altogether. It's possible that we'll never really understand..."

Kill The God, Take The Empire

2025-04-08, day precision · Civilization #44: The Spanish Conquest of the New World

Transcript

"...But the question then is, is this correlation or is this causation? Okay? Do you guys understand? Right? Because scientists will... Well, scholars will..."

Kill The God, Take The Empire

2025-04-08, day precision · Civilization #44: The Spanish Conquest of the New World

Transcript

"Okay? That's a causation. I... But some other scholars argue it is correlation, and the reason why is that Mayans are really famous for..."

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History As River, Prophecy As Plan

2026-04-09, day precision · claims

Reading

The midterm turns a ceasefire into a world model: history moves like a river, eschatology makes prophecy into a plan, and the people who survive collapse are not the ones with the best machines...

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