On the Nature of Cause and Effect

A cause is an event. Simply an event. Something happens. It is a cause. Anything, and everything, that anything, and everything, may, or may not, have done, or has simply happened, just because, is a cause. An effect is an event. Simply an event. Something happens. It is an effect. Anything, and everything, that may, or may not, have ever happened, for any reason, whatsoever, is an effect. The difference between the two, is that one of them, later to be know as the cause, results, directly, or not, as the case may be, in the other, later to be known as the effect.This may seem simple enough. Logistically speaking, or mathematically, if you prefer, this boils down to 'a then b'. Not even an 'if' in preceding it, just 'cause then effect'. An effect must always have a cause, and every cause, by its very nature, must have an effect.

We have just witnessed a cause.

Now, let us look at some effects.