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title: "Comment by Laura Ashaley on \"Verification Is Not Causal: Why Shared Context Erases the Admissibility Gap\" | Hashnode"
description: "Verification alone doesn’t prove causality—without proper isolation, shared context can blur signals and make results misleading."
url: "https://hashnode.com/posts/verification-is-not-causal-why-shared-context-erases-the-admissibility-gap/69e11221a2cb32b7d2d68a9a/comment/69e12015ffbb787634e0e4f4"
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[Discussion](https://hashnode.com/posts/verification-is-not-causal-why-shared-context-erases-the-admissibility-gap/69e11221a2cb32b7d2d68a9a)

Comment [Verification Is Not Causal: Why Shared Context Erases the Admissibility Gap](https://hashnode.com/posts/verification-is-not-causal-why-shared-context-erases-the-admissibility-gap/69e11221a2cb32b7d2d68a9a)

[Laura Ashaley](https://hashnode.com/@laura-ashaley)

[Apr 16](https://hashnode.com/posts/verification-is-not-causal-why-shared-context-erases-the-admissibility-gap/69e11221a2cb32b7d2d68a9a/comment/69e12015ffbb787634e0e4f4)

Verification alone doesn’t prove causality—without proper isolation, shared context can blur signals and make results misleading.

[MxBv](https://hashnode.com/@mxbv)

[Apr 17](https://hashnode.com/posts/verification-is-not-causal-why-shared-context-erases-the-admissibility-gap/69e11221a2cb32b7d2d68a9a/comment/69e12015ffbb787634e0e4f4#reply-69e26abbfd22b8ad62593472)

Thanks Laura - though the paper uses "non-causal" in a different sense than causal inference in statistics. Here it means the verification relation itself is structurally non-causal: the verifier cannot affect what it verifies without collapsing the distinction it exists to draw. Worth a read if you're curious about the architectural side.