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Every effect's overconfident parent, swearing it had nothing to do with the mess.
means The thing, person, or event that makes something else happen, or a goal or principle that people commit themselves to.
from From Latin 'causa,' meaning a reason, motive, or legal case — the same root that gives us 'accuse' and 'excuse.' It arrived in English through Old French 'cause' in the medieval period, carrying both senses we still use: the courtroom 'case' worth arguing, and the 'reason' behind an outcome. The cousin word 'because' is literally 'by cause' — 'by reason of' — folded into a single word over time.
- correlation trap
- Looks identical to coincidence until proven otherwise
- latin root
- From causa, meaning reason or legal lawsuit
- chain reaction
- Every cause is also somebody's effect
- lost causes
- The only ones worth romanticizing, apparently
- hume's doubt
- Philosophers argue you never actually see it happen
warren commission — investigated the cause of jfk's assassination in 1963
ntsb investigations — determines causes of aviation accidents like united 232 crash in 1989
cancer research institute — researches causes of cancer at universities like stanford and harvard