I continue to be confused about whether/when you're allowed to draw causal arrows from mathematical to physical facts.
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@MemberOfSpecies Main intuition of “cause” is counterfactuals, and there isn’t a possible world in which 5x5!=25
@Meaningness I think people use counterfactuals of that form a lot, only the mathematical facts are a lot more complicated than 5x5=26.
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@MemberOfSpecies Example of more complicated fact being used often? -
@Meaningness Hmm. So let's say you had a claim like "for complicated sociological reasons, large groups of people cooperate less well".
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