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Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics

In randomized experiments, the assumption of potential outcomes is usually accompanied by the joint exogeneity assumption. Although joint exogeneity has faced criticism as a counterfactual assumption since its proposal, no evidence has yet demonstrated its violation in randomized experiments. In this paper, we reveal such a violation in a quantum experiment, thereby falsifying this assumption, at least in regimes where classical physics cannot provide a complete description. We further discuss its implications for potential outcome modelling, from both practial and philosophical perspectives.

Further information

Time:

22Jan
Jan 22nd 2026
11:45 to 12:30

Venue:

Seminar Room 1, Newton Institute

Speaker:

Yuhao Wang (Tsinghua University)

Series:

Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series