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CauseNet: Towards a causality graph extracted from the web

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229 points geetee | 2 comments | 02 Sep 25 05:26 UTC | HN request time: 0.431s | source
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bbor ◴[02 Sep 25 07:11 UTC] No.45099993[source]▶
> CauseNet aims at creating a causal knowledge base that comprises all human causal knowledge and to separate it from mere causal beliefs

Pretty bold to use a picture of philosophers as your splash page and then make a casual claim like this. To say the least, this is an impossible task!

The tech looks cool and I'm excited to see how I might be able to work it into my stuff and/or contribute. But I'd encourage the authors to reign in the rhetoric...

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1. johnecheck ◴[02 Sep 25 13:50 UTC] No.45103113[source]▶
Indeed. I can't take an epistemology project seriously if it has no humility.

Building a perfectly accurate model of the world isn't possible. We need to create tools that make it easier for regular people to build more accurate models, not delude ourselves with dreams of perfection.

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2. ProofHouse ◴[02 Sep 25 14:35 UTC] No.45103685[source]▶
Well of course because no such model of the world can or does exist