Imagination (of counterfactuals)

Imagination (of counterfactuals) draws on domain knowledge and creativity and is key to causal reasoning; it is also where humans continue to outperform algorithms. What about the role of data?

๐˜–๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฌ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ข ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฑ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ ๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ. ๐˜๐˜ต’๐˜ด ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ. ๐˜ˆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ’๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ช๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ’๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ. ๐˜๐˜ต ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ’๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ. ๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ.

This map distorts the data on the relative positions of the continents, but it uses the data correctly on their location and size. It’s just as wrong as any other world map, but it makes one look up, think, and imagine.

What might have happened if
– Central America was in the arctic zone and Siberia was subtropical
– Cubaย was off the east coast ofย Canadaย and theย USA
– Japan was off the coasts of Portugal and Spain
– North Korea was part of South Korea
– Taiwanย was next toย France

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