From the point of view of action, neither of the expressions about cause and effect can be called correct. If I hit the low E-string real hard and let it ring at the beginning of the Zero Defects song “By the Day,” in terms of thought we can say that’s the right note or it’s not. But in terms of action, it is just what it is. blarrrrrinnnnnnggg!!!! This is because real action in the real world refuses to be limited to the boxes we try and fit it in. Real causes and real effects are not ever the same as our images of cause and effect.
