On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 19:59:55 -0400 (EDT), Abe arafi@umich.edu wrote:
If users did this for many articles, then a network of causation would emerge, where the nodes of the network are articles and the links are "influences". This network could be exploited through a search tool that finds paths of articles between article A and B.
Interesting but how do we resolve the POV problem? do we want endless arguments over whether America influenced the Taliban; George Bush influenced oil markets; oil influenced Gulf war.... to name a few?
Hemanshu