Correlations and causation don’t really work the same way as controlled scenarios, which makes it hard for rationalists who have little exposure outside of their expertise and way of thinking.
Observational studies, for lacking an assignment mechanism, naturally present difficulties for inferential analysis.
This is all you can do in such type of scenarios:
Correlations and causation don’t really work the same way as controlled scenarios, which makes it hard for rationalists who have little exposure outside of their expertise and way of thinking.