<div dir="auto">Having worked in the field of causal reasoning for many years I am inclined to say that every event is both a cause and an effect. But perhaps you're using the words differently.<br><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">---<br>Frank C. Wimberly<br>140 Calle Ojo Feliz, <br>Santa Fe, NM 87505<br><br>505 670-9918<br>Santa Fe, NM</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Oct 4, 2020, 9:11 PM Marcus Daniels <<a href="mailto:marcus@snoutfarm.com">marcus@snoutfarm.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal">MGD> In your model intents come from the <i>l.teleonomicus</i>, machinery that follows the same rules of physics as everything else.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>[NST===>Yes, but not just those laws. <===nst] </i></b><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">What other rules? There are rules that override physics? How is that lump of goo different from any other lump of goo?<u></u><u></u></p>
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