> Heh, I’d say we’re pretty good at it. I mean like predicting that a vase will fall if you release it in mid air and things like that. Now do metaphysics, ju

> Heh, I’d say we’re pretty good at it. I mean like predicting that a vase will fall if you release it in mid air and things like that. Now do metaphysics, just one component of which is: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/causation-counterfactual/ https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/causation-counterfactual/ PS: this is not currently done in our culture (in the same ways and with the same standards and desire for quality that physics is done), so if you're basing your implementation on prior examples, it will be incorrect. This is not to say that it will be wrong, but it will be incorrect - the distinction between these two seemingly synonymous terms lies within culture.