> The thing to notice about this story is that God did not ask for explanation, only for the facts -- it was Adam who felt the need to explain. > > The message is clear: causal explanation is a man-made concept.
> In the beginning, causality was not problematic. When God asks: "Did you eat from that tree?" This is what Adam replies: "The woman whom you gave to be with me, She handed me the fruit from the tree, and I ate it." Eve is just as skillful: "The serpent deceived me, and I ate."pic.twitter.com/Rde0EcV5BD
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(Pearl repurposes this story in his causality writings a lot. Here, I'm quoting his public lecture from 1996, serialized in the Epilogue of Causality (2nd edition), p.402
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