The question of why the universe is causal is very difficult even to discuss, not to mention answer in a satisfactory way. Causality is built so deeply into our pattern of thinking that we can’t just step outside of it and consider a universe without it. We can’t use logic and reasoning to consider a universe without logic and where reasoning is impossible or inappropriate. This is certainly a deep mystery, and since science assumes causality and logic, it is possibly a question beyond the power of science to answer. It may be one that we never solve, or it could be tied inextricably to the
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