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I'm reminded of what U.G. Krishnamurti said - "cause and effect is the shibboleth of confused minds"

• neonate 6y ago
  Narrative doesn't necessarily imply cause and effect though. I think there may be two different fallacies here.
  • exolymph 6y ago
    It kinda does though. Narrative is a sequence of linked events, and an implicit assertion that these are the events that are salient.
    • neonate 6y ago
      I agree that it's about selecting which events are salient and which to leave out. And yes, putting them into sequence. But does that always imply causality? I'm not sure. Maybe it does. If you say "Anne divorced John and then he died", the mind fills in an implied cause. If you say "John got cancer and then he died", it fills in a different cause. The key point to me seems to be selection bias, though: what you chose to include vs. leave out in the two stories.
• yesenadam 6y ago
  Haha U.G.! Amazing. The things you come across on HN. I was introduced to his book and videos of him by a christian friend at whose house he often stayed. (She also got me into Nisargadatta!) She said he'd eat nothing but cream. He helped end my religious period, and meant a lot to me at the time. The guru to end all gurus! He made a lot of sense, especially for people caught up in the spiritual world, "seekers". I just looked and wikipedia says he died in 2007, also that he ate a lot of salt and cream. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U._G._Krishnamurti https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U._G._Krishnamurti