Causation is asymmetrical in many different ways.
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Effects of a common cause are correlated; causes of a common effect are not.
Agents use causes to manipulate their effects; they don\'t use effects to manipulate their causes.
Causes precede effects; explanations cite causes not effects.
Causation is asymmetrical in many different ways