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Causation's Origin
- Causation's one-way direction is puzzling, as fundamental physics is time-symmetric.
- Philosophers have questioned how causation, seemingly fundamental, can arise from physics if physics lacks inherent temporal direction.
Time Symmetry in Physics
- Newtonian physics, like billiard balls colliding, is time-symmetric; videos played backward or forward look the same.
- This raises the question: Where does our perception of forward-directed causation come from if not from physics?
Agency and Causation
- Our subjective view matters, not as passive observers, but as agents who intervene.
- Our ability to influence the future shapes our sense of causal direction, which could be different for agents with opposite temporal orientations.