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>Mathematics has not developed the asymmetric language required to capture our understanding that if X causes Y that does not mean that Y causes X. X⟹Y This s
by LordDragonfang 4y ago
>Mathematics has not developed the asymmetric language required to capture our understanding that if X causes Y that does not mean that Y causes X.
X⟹Y
This seems like sophistry to bring up the fact that algebra is symmetric and totally ignore the exist of the above.
- naasking 4y agoSeriously, that statement you quoted is trivially false. It's well known in math that not all functions are invertible. By simple mapping, it's clear that causality is a non-invertible function.