The Book of Why
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The Book of Why is a popular science book by Judea Pearl that explains the foundations and importance of causal reasoning in statistics, artificial intelligence, and everyday decision-making.
All labels observed (1)
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18200405 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Book of Why Context triple: [Judea Pearl, notableWork, The Book of Why]
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The Signal and the Noise
The Signal and the Noise is a book by statistician Nate Silver that explores how to make better predictions by distinguishing meaningful signals from misleading noise in data across fields like politics, economics, and science.
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B.
The Undoing Project
The Undoing Project is a nonfiction book by Michael Lewis that explores the groundbreaking psychological research of Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky on human judgment, decision-making, and cognitive biases.
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C.
The Joy of x
The Joy of x is a popular mathematics book by Steven Strogatz that uses everyday stories and clear explanations to reveal the beauty and relevance of math in daily life.
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D.
Enlightenment Now
Enlightenment Now is a non-fiction book by cognitive psychologist Steven Pinker that argues, using extensive data, that human life has been steadily improving thanks to Enlightenment values such as reason, science, and humanism.
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E.
Think Like a Freak
Think Like a Freak is a popular non-fiction book by economist Steven Levitt and journalist Stephen Dubner that applies unconventional, data-driven thinking to everyday problems and decision-making.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Book of Why Target entity description: The Book of Why is a popular science book by Judea Pearl that explains the foundations and importance of causal reasoning in statistics, artificial intelligence, and everyday decision-making.
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A.
The Signal and the Noise
The Signal and the Noise is a book by statistician Nate Silver that explores how to make better predictions by distinguishing meaningful signals from misleading noise in data across fields like politics, economics, and science.
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B.
The Undoing Project
The Undoing Project is a nonfiction book by Michael Lewis that explores the groundbreaking psychological research of Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky on human judgment, decision-making, and cognitive biases.
-
C.
The Joy of x
The Joy of x is a popular mathematics book by Steven Strogatz that uses everyday stories and clear explanations to reveal the beauty and relevance of math in daily life.
-
D.
Enlightenment Now
Enlightenment Now is a non-fiction book by cognitive psychologist Steven Pinker that argues, using extensive data, that human life has been steadily improving thanks to Enlightenment values such as reason, science, and humanism.
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E.
Think Like a Freak
Think Like a Freak is a popular non-fiction book by economist Steven Levitt and journalist Stephen Dubner that applies unconventional, data-driven thinking to everyday problems and decision-making.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.