"be---cause" [1] (a morning thought; 4th July 2011; Ganesh Bagler)
> a grammatical conjunction.
> an internal mental fabrication.
> almost an execution order (Let this 'be' the 'cause'!).
> calls upon the external agent(s) and/or process(es) [2].
> (what follows it is often) inconsistent with even the known facts; let alone invoking the unknown facts.
> (precedes) construction of a narrative (story) around an outcome, postfacto. [3]
> (comes with) a priori belief [4] in the proposed cause/narrative.
[1] See the essay by Nigel Goldenfeld, in the Edge Question Center 2011.
[2] Putting the cause outside one's self; not owning up.
[3] The idea of a 'narrative'/'story' by N N Taleb in his book The Black Swan (Chapter 6).
[4] Spinozan model of belief as in: Daniel Gilbert, "How Mental Systems Believe", American Psychologist, vol. 4, no. 2, pp 107--119 (1991).
> a grammatical conjunction.
> an internal mental fabrication.
> almost an execution order (Let this 'be' the 'cause'!).
> calls upon the external agent(s) and/or process(es) [2].
> (what follows it is often) inconsistent with even the known facts; let alone invoking the unknown facts.
> (precedes) construction of a narrative (story) around an outcome, postfacto. [3]
> (comes with) a priori belief [4] in the proposed cause/narrative.
[1] See the essay by Nigel Goldenfeld, in the Edge Question Center 2011.
[2] Putting the cause outside one's self; not owning up.
[3] The idea of a 'narrative'/'story' by N N Taleb in his book The Black Swan (Chapter 6).
[4] Spinozan model of belief as in: Daniel Gilbert, "How Mental Systems Believe", American Psychologist, vol. 4, no. 2, pp 107--119 (1991).
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