(April 3, 2013 at 10:46 am)Mister Agenda Wrote: You mean a chain of causes and effects.
No, because you can end that with an uncaused cause that is not an effect.
Quote:An infinite chan of causes and effects has no beginning and therefore is not an effect.
Hence the contradiction. Why is a chain of effects an effect? Because every part of it is an effect. The same applies to an infinite chain. Can you tell me one part that is not an effect?
Quote:Also, it occurs to me that, with the exception of virtual particles, every cause we observe in the universe is also an effect. Something might be made of that.
See what I said to Rhythm. Someone can say there is events or existences that come into existence without a cause (although I don't believe it's logical to believe it's possible) but they would not be an effect.
An effect by definition requires a cause.