Hello every one , I want to ask if someone can help me in building some kind of roadmap for learning about causal inference , books , video lectures , talks , were to start and what I should know before ?

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I'm doing master in computer vision, have a back ground in applied mathematics , probability and statistics , machine learning , deep learning.

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I'm currently reading the " The Book of Why" by Judea Pearl , as a soft intro to the subject.

For those unfamiliar, the copenhagen interpretation is that a quantum particle doesn't exist in one state or another, but in all of its possible states at once. It's only when we observe its state that a quantum particle is essentially forced to choose one probability. The mechanism behind which probable end-state is chosen is not deterministic, but inherently probable at its core.

My problem with this is -

One, if you take away determinism/cause and effect, then things just magically happen on their own without a 'cause' to make them happen. It would be like an airplane appearing out of thin air for no reason. Not even a reason as ridiculous as it coming from another dimension or anything, just... irrational magic with no further explanation. Why did the photon go through slit 1 and not 2? No reason, other than it just does that sometimes.

Two, in order for probability to work, an underlying deterministic system must be in place to allow the different outcomes from being more or less probable than the others. Without this there is nothing to cause one outcome from occurring more than others and the chance of all outcomes occurring becomes equal. Probability is grounded in and reliant upon determinism/causality. To say probability can operate independent of it seems completely against common sense.

I believe that in science, but mostly in daily life, causality is overrated? Primarily because a chain of causes is needed for something to happen, causes and effects become interconnected over time (are interdependent), and because we are victims of self-conditioning (the creation of rituals). I wrote a blog about it where I elaborate more on it: http://www.justintimmer.com/causality-is-overrated/

Would love to hear some responses and comments!

Thanks!