Submission timeline
2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
Top comments
There's also this primer, recently out: https://www.amazon.com/Causal-Inference-Statistics-Judea-Pea...
Also in the recent and upcoming releases in "causality" department: The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect (Judea Pearl, Dana Mackenzie) https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/01/business/dealbook/review-...
Not from the book, but if you are checking the comments to find out what "causal inference" is and why you should care, here's a readable general overview that tries to explain: http://www.michaelnielsen.org/ddi/if-correlation-doesnt-impl...
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
HN stats
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 446
- Total comments
- 42
100+ points or 50+ comments
reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-12-21 | Causal Inference Book | cottonseed | 76 | 1 |
| 2016-05-12 | Causal Inference Book | mindcrime | 2 | 0 |
| 2017-03-07 | Causal Inference BookFirst breakout · Best thread | onuralp | 261 | 27 |
| 2018-07-11 | Causal Inference BookLatest 20+ point return | luu | 104 | 14 |
| 2020-08-10 | Causal Inference Book | noch | 3 | 0 |