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The rain could not have caused people to bring an umbrella, because people brought an umbrella before it rained.

The rain could not have caused people to bring an umbrella, because people brought an umbrella before it rained. Regardless of whether or not the universe can unfold in any other way than the way it does, something cannot be caused by another thing that occurred after it. It's in the definition of "cause and effect." Also, given that the entire point of the paradox is to illustrate a problem in decision theory , it seems a particular waste of time to deny that anything has a decision. Read the original statement of the problem. Read it closely. Don't read junk on the Internet or jabbering by Christian apologists desperate for credentials. The problem has absolutely nothing to do with free will vs. determinism.

Posted by empthought on Apr 7, 2015, 5:15 AM

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The rain could not have caused people to bring an umbrella, because people brought an umbrella before it rained.

empthoughtApr 7, 2015, 5:15 AM

The rain could not have caused people to bring an umbrella, because people brought an umbrella before it rained. Regardless of whether or not the universe can unfold in any other way than the way it does, something cannot be caused by another thing that occurred after it. It's in the definition of "cause and effect." Also, given that the entire point of the paradox is to illustrate a problem in decision theory , it seems a particular waste of time to deny that anything has a decision. Read the original statement of the problem. Read it closely. Don't read junk on the Internet or jabbering by Christian apologists desperate for credentials. The problem has absolutely nothing to do with free will vs. determinism.

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