Causation
noun
The process or action that makes something happen.
In the court, they discussed the causation of the accident.
Often appears as...
- prove causation
- establish causation
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Academic
noun
The relationship between cause and effect.
The study explores the causation between smoking and lung cancer.
Often appears as...
- correlation and causation
- causal relationship
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Academic
noun
A principle in law that the cause of something will determine its effect.
The lawyer explained the principle of causation to the jury.
Often appears as...
- legal causation
- proximate causation
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Legal
noun
The process or action that makes something happen.
In the court, they discussed the causation of the accident.
Often appears as...
- prove causation
- establish causation
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
noun
The relationship between cause and effect.
The study explores the causation between smoking and lung cancer.
Often appears as...
- correlation and causation
- causal relationship
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
noun
A principle in law that the cause of something will determine its effect.
The lawyer explained the principle of causation to the jury.
Often appears as...
- legal causation
- proximate causation
Usage tips
Formal
Legal
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Active Process
Causation implies an active role in the outcome, not just a passive connection.
The investigation proved his actions were the causation of the collapse.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Direct
Causation might be indirect, meaning it's part of a chain of causes, not the only one.
The report suggested that poor maintenance was part of the causation for the system failure.
Pro Tip 3/3Evidence-Based
Causation often requires proof, and isn't assumed just because two events are related.
The scientists could not prove causation between the two phenomena.
Pro Tip 1/3Active Process
Causation implies an active role in the outcome, not just a passive connection.
The investigation proved his actions were the causation of the collapse.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Direct
Causation might be indirect, meaning it's part of a chain of causes, not the only one.
The report suggested that poor maintenance was part of the causation for the system failure.
Pro Tip 3/3Evidence-Based
Causation often requires proof, and isn't assumed just because two events are related.
The scientists could not prove causation between the two phenomena.
Pro Tip 1/3Active Process
Causation implies an active role in the outcome, not just a passive connection.
The investigation proved his actions were the causation of the collapse.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Direct
Causation might be indirect, meaning it's part of a chain of causes, not the only one.
The report suggested that poor maintenance was part of the causation for the system failure.
Pro Tip 3/3Evidence-Based
Causation often requires proof, and isn't assumed just because two events are related.
The scientists could not prove causation between the two phenomena.
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The promise of quantum...
for while some technologies develop steadily, according to the laws of cumulative causation, many emerge as precipitous breakthroughs, almost overnight defying any timeline that could be drawn out in advance. Quantum computing is a candidate for just such a breakthrough, having already reached a number of critical milestones
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Why we get mad -- and...
is associated with chronic anger. But there's a couple of others. Misattributing causation. Angry people tend to put blame where it doesn't belong. Not just on people, but actually inanimate objects as well. And if you think that sound ridiculous, think about the last time you lost your car keys and you said,
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Chris McKnett: The...
and in gold, we see a subset of companies with best practice in climate change strategy and risk management. Now over almost eight years, they've outperformed by about two thirds. So yes, this is correlation. It's not causation. But it does illustrate that environmental leadership
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On positive psychology -...
we found that we could discover the causation of the positive states the relationship between left hemispheric activity and right hemispheric activity as a cause of happiness I've spent my life working on extremely miserable people and I've asked the question how
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The new era of positive...
We found that we could discover the causation of the positive states, the relationship between left hemispheric activity and right hemispheric activity, as a cause of happiness. I've spent my life working on extremely miserable people, and I've asked the
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Steven Pinker: What our...
would take seriously the fact that so much of our verbiage about abstract events is based on a concrete metaphor and see human intelligence itself as consisting of a repertoire of concepts -- such as objects, space, time, causation and intention --
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How diversity makes...
meaning, are companies really more innovative because they have a more diverse leadership, or the other way around? Which way is it? Now, we do not know how much is correlation versus causation, but what we do know is that clearly,
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Paper towns and why...
I learned that the Civil War was a nationalizing conflict, I learned some physics, I learned that correlation shouldn't be confused with causation -- all of these things, by the way, enriched my life on a literally daily basis.
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How your emotions change...
stress management was more strongly correlated with reversal of coronary disease than exercise was. No doubt, this and similar studies are small, and, of course, correlation does not prove causation.
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What to trust in a...
to rule out those rival theories, and to distinguish correlation from causation. And academic journals involve peer review, where a paper is rigorously scrutinized by the world's leading minds.
Video examples
The promise of quantum...
for while some technologies develop steadily, according to the laws of cumulative causation, many emerge as precipitous breakthroughs, almost overnight defying any timeline that could be drawn out in advance. Quantum computing is a candidate for just such a breakthrough, having already reached a number of critical milestones
Video examples
Why we get mad -- and...
is associated with chronic anger. But there's a couple of others. Misattributing causation. Angry people tend to put blame where it doesn't belong. Not just on people, but actually inanimate objects as well. And if you think that sound ridiculous, think about the last time you lost your car keys and you said,
Video examples
Chris McKnett: The...
and in gold, we see a subset of companies with best practice in climate change strategy and risk management. Now over almost eight years, they've outperformed by about two thirds. So yes, this is correlation. It's not causation. But it does illustrate that environmental leadership
Video examples
On positive psychology -...
we found that we could discover the causation of the positive states the relationship between left hemispheric activity and right hemispheric activity as a cause of happiness I've spent my life working on extremely miserable people and I've asked the question how
Video examples
The new era of positive...
We found that we could discover the causation of the positive states, the relationship between left hemispheric activity and right hemispheric activity, as a cause of happiness. I've spent my life working on extremely miserable people, and I've asked the
Video examples
Steven Pinker: What our...
would take seriously the fact that so much of our verbiage about abstract events is based on a concrete metaphor and see human intelligence itself as consisting of a repertoire of concepts -- such as objects, space, time, causation and intention --
Video examples
How diversity makes...
meaning, are companies really more innovative because they have a more diverse leadership, or the other way around? Which way is it? Now, we do not know how much is correlation versus causation, but what we do know is that clearly,
Video examples
Paper towns and why...
I learned that the Civil War was a nationalizing conflict, I learned some physics, I learned that correlation shouldn't be confused with causation -- all of these things, by the way, enriched my life on a literally daily basis.
Video examples
How your emotions change...
stress management was more strongly correlated with reversal of coronary disease than exercise was. No doubt, this and similar studies are small, and, of course, correlation does not prove causation.
Video examples
What to trust in a...
to rule out those rival theories, and to distinguish correlation from causation. And academic journals involve peer review, where a paper is rigorously scrutinized by the world's leading minds.
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Quote examples
Paul Bloom
Canadian Psychologist
Perhaps looking out through big baby eyes - if we could - would not be as revelatory experience as many imagine. We might see a world inhabited by objects and people, a world infused with causation, agency, and morality - a world that would surprise us not by its freshness but by its familiarity.
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Trofim Lysenko
Russian Celebrity
Agricultural practice served Darwin as the material basis for the elaboration of his theory of Evolution, which explained the natural causation of the adaptation we see in the structure of the organic world. That was a great advance in the knowledge of living nature.
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Kate Crawford
Australian Writer
Biases and blind spots exist in big data as much as they do in individual perceptions and experiences. Yet there is a problematic belief that bigger data is always better data and that correlation is as good as causation.
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John Burroughs
American Author
It seems to me that evolution adds greatly to the wonder of life because it takes it out of the realm of the arbitrary, the exceptional, and links it to the sequence of natural causation.
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George Monbiot
British Writer
We should be cautious about embracing data before it is published in the academic press, and must always avoid treating correlation as causation.
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Thomas Sowell
American Economist
All too often when liberals cite statistics, they forget the statisticians' warning that correlation is not causation.
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Citium Zeno
Greek Philosopher
Fate is the endless chain of causation, whereby things are; the reason or formula by which the world goes on.
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Kirstjen Nielsen
American Public Servant
I do absolutely believe that the climate is changing. I'm not prepared to determine causation.
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Tim Ferriss
American Author
I'm very familiar with how people can confuse correlation with causation.
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Alexander Nix
British Businessman
The big mystery of Big Data is causation versus correlation.
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Paul Bloom
Canadian Psychologist
Perhaps looking out through big baby eyes - if we could - would not be as revelatory experience as many imagine. We might see a world inhabited by objects and people, a world infused with causation, agency, and morality - a world that would surprise us not by its freshness but by its familiarity.
Quote examples
Trofim Lysenko
Russian Celebrity
Agricultural practice served Darwin as the material basis for the elaboration of his theory of Evolution, which explained the natural causation of the adaptation we see in the structure of the organic world. That was a great advance in the knowledge of living nature.
Quote examples
Kate Crawford
Australian Writer
Biases and blind spots exist in big data as much as they do in individual perceptions and experiences. Yet there is a problematic belief that bigger data is always better data and that correlation is as good as causation.
Quote examples
John Burroughs
American Author
It seems to me that evolution adds greatly to the wonder of life because it takes it out of the realm of the arbitrary, the exceptional, and links it to the sequence of natural causation.
Quote examples
George Monbiot
British Writer
We should be cautious about embracing data before it is published in the academic press, and must always avoid treating correlation as causation.
Quote examples
Thomas Sowell
American Economist
All too often when liberals cite statistics, they forget the statisticians' warning that correlation is not causation.
Quote examples
Citium Zeno
Greek Philosopher
Fate is the endless chain of causation, whereby things are; the reason or formula by which the world goes on.
Quote examples
Kirstjen Nielsen
American Public Servant
I do absolutely believe that the climate is changing. I'm not prepared to determine causation.
Quote examples
Tim Ferriss
American Author
I'm very familiar with how people can confuse correlation with causation.
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Alexander Nix
British Businessman
The big mystery of Big Data is causation versus correlation.
Example 1 of 10
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