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Re:System – A resource that aims to explain how everything i... by agentdrtran on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @05:55PM (#30692330)
I clicked on "unemployment" and the results were unsatisfying to say the least. All it told me was that unemployment is related to being out of work or unemployed. I love the idea though.
Re:System – A resource that aims to explain how everything i... by adam_bly on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @06:35PM (#30692842)
Hmm. A System Search for "unemployment" shows you how unemployment is (importantly) related to crime, health, substance abuse, and suicide.

https://www.system.com/view/topic/lBZj8Zxk60L?view_context=g...

https://docs.system.com/system/using-system/finding-and-expl...

What are you seeing?

Re:System – A resource that aims to explain how everything i... by zepearl on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @07:47PM (#30693462)
I agree - to me it displays suicide & crime & health.

Btw. personally I expected something like health & education & <other stuff, e.g. economic> => I guess that it depends on the point of view, if "upstream"/"downstream", cause/effect?

My mindset was therefore expecting an upstream/cause link, but it looks like that it shows the downstream/effect of what is being queried?

Re:System – A resource that aims to explain how everything i... by mehdijamei on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @08:23PM (#30693718)
(note: I am the Director of Data Science at System)

Thank you for the question. We don't distinguish the upstream and downstream effect at the moment. However, we do encode directionality of pieces of evidence that construct those relationships. If you drill down on any relationship, you will find directionality arrows. (note that I am not using directionality as the evidence of causality. That's something that we are currently working on).

More information on our methodology are in our docs: https://docs.system.com/system/how-system-works/relationship...

Re:System – A resource that aims to explain how everything i... by zepearl on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @03:38PM (#30703023)
Thank you :)