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There is a paradox in causal reasoning. It can be a powerful tool when making a difficult diagnosis1 and is frequently used when explaining why a particular diagnosis is correct. Diagnosticians in a variety of domains, however, do not seem to use it much when performing routine diagnoses.2 Why not?
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Swartout, W.R., Smoliar, S.W. (1988). Explaining the Link Between Causal Reasoning and Expert Behavior. In: Miller, P.L. (eds) Selected Topics in Medical Artificial Intelligence. Computers and Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-8777-0_6
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