I think some forms of logic can navigate this problem space, but not the intuitive kind that our heuristics run on, which is what people who operate on a scient

I think some forms of logic can navigate this problem space, but not the intuitive kind that our heuristics run on, which is what people who operate on a scientific materialist metaphysical framework cannot avoid using (until they learn how, that is). A more intuitive way for programmers to come at it may be this: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causal_loop https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causal_loop