rainrain@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 hours agoCause-effect was always a broken narrative. Twice-broken when you attach a pricetag.message-squaremessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down125
arrow-up1-23arrow-down1message-squareCause-effect was always a broken narrative. Twice-broken when you attach a pricetag.rainrain@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 hours agomessage-square37fedilink
minus-squareslazer2au@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·18 hours agoDo you have an example of an effect preceding a cause?
minus-squarerainrain@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down9·edit-218 hours agoI hesitate to assume cause and effect. I mean it makes a nice story but I wouldn’t marry it. Also, it’s like talking to medieval fundamentalists in here. You don’t see it because you all agree with each other.
minus-squareFlagstafflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·18 hours agoBut you’re not even willing to provide an example of what you mean…
minus-squarerainrain@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down9·18 hours agoYou didn’t provide examples either, actually.
minus-squareFlagstafflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-217 hours agoBut you’re the one positing a claim! The one making a claim is obliged to back it up, not the readers…
minus-squarerainrain@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·17 hours agoBut you aren’t demanding that I defend my claim, you are asking for clarification, right?
minus-squareFlagstafflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours agoYou already explained it here so it’s fine. With that said, though, I would say in general that giving examples (the more, the better) is equivalent to defending, as any relatable example gives any given claim more merit.
Do you have an example of an effect preceding a cause?
I hesitate to assume cause and effect. I mean it makes a nice story but I wouldn’t marry it.
Also, it’s like talking to medieval fundamentalists in here. You don’t see it because you all agree with each other.
But you’re not even willing to provide an example of what you mean…
You didn’t provide examples either, actually.
But you’re the one positing a claim! The one making a claim is obliged to back it up, not the readers…
But you aren’t demanding that I defend my claim, you are asking for clarification, right?
You already explained it here so it’s fine. With that said, though, I would say in general that giving examples (the more, the better) is equivalent to defending, as any relatable example gives any given claim more merit.