counterfactual

Definition

Asking what would have happened if you had done something differently.

In Pearl's framework, the top rung of the ladder of causation: reasoning about outcomes under hypothetical alternative interventions.

Also called: counterfactuals, counterfactual reasoning

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   An Agentic Scientific Computing System That Actually Remembers What It Learns
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