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    "purpose": "Let an agent handle influence by source, target, mechanism and strength of evidence, and separate correlation from causation.",
    "definition": "The effect of one thing or person on another, including physical perturbation, variation caused by a factor, and social influence through persuasion or example.",
    "what_it_is_for": "Describing cause and effect relations in nature and society.",
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      "estimate effect size",
      "test for causation",
      "describe social influence ethically"
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      "Perturbations in physical systems",
      "Persuasion and example in social contexts"
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      "statistical effects of factors",
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      "Rules on undisclosed advertising and influencer marketing",
      "Lobbying registers"
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        "Describe forms of social influence such as persuasion and example."
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        "Use covert or deceptive persuasion to change a person's beliefs or choices.",
        "Present correlation as proof of influence.",
        "Exploit known vulnerabilities, such as addiction or grief, to influence people.",
        "Hide who is behind an influence campaign."
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      ]
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        "Mass influence can distort public debate and elections."
      ],
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        "People being influenced",
        "The public and voters",
        "Researchers measuring effects"
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    "owners": {
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      "master_systems": []
    },
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      "properties": "Influence is a general causal relationship spanning physical and social settings, so it has no shared set of intrinsic physical properties."
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      "title": "Wiktionary: influence",
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        "id": "relation",
        "name": "Relation",
        "description": "Who influences whom.",
        "rationale": "Source and target.",
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                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "What influences what?",
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                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Through which mechanism?",
                    "kind": "definition"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "size",
            "name": "Size",
            "description": "Effect size.",
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                "id": "size-finding",
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                  {
                    "text": "How large is the effect?",
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                  },
                  {
                    "text": "In which direction?",
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                  }
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              }
            ]
          }
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                  {
                    "text": "Is there evidence of causation, not just correlation?",
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                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which study design?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
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          {
            "id": "confounders",
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            "description": "Alternatives.",
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              {
                "id": "confounders-finding",
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                "description": "Confounders.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "What other factors could explain the effect?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Were they controlled?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "social",
        "name": "Social",
        "description": "Persuasion.",
        "rationale": "Social influence has rules.",
        "layers": [
          {
            "id": "disclosure",
            "name": "Disclosure",
            "description": "Advertising.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "disclosure-finding",
                "name": "Disclosure",
                "description": "Disclosure.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Is paid influence disclosed?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Under which rules?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "ethics",
            "name": "Ethics",
            "description": "Manipulation.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "ethics-finding",
                "name": "Ethics",
                "description": "Ethics.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Is the influence manipulative?",
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                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Who is vulnerable?",
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                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "physical",
        "name": "Physical",
        "description": "Perturbation.",
        "rationale": "Physics uses influence too.",
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            "id": "perturbation",
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            "description": "Systems.",
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              {
                "id": "perturbation-finding",
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                "description": "Perturbation.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "How does the perturbation change the system?",
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                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Is it small enough to linearise?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "senses",
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            "description": "Disambiguation.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "senses-finding",
                "name": "Senses",
                "description": "Other senses.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Is leverage or purchase in the mechanical sense meant?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which entry fits?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
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  "openQuestions": [
    "Should physical and social influence be separate entries?",
    "How should evidence strength be recorded?",
    "How should influence operations be linked?"
  ],
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    "layers": 8,
    "findings": 8,
    "questions": 16
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}