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Step Five: Determine if Causes Are Sufficient and Necessary<br />
Causal analysis is a difficult process even for experienced<br />
investigators. Even after understanding the basic causal<br />
structure of reality and the ease of using <strong>RealityCharting</strong>®, finding the<br />
action and condition causes can be problematic. Because we have never<br />
had to think this way and because the brain wants to make things simpler<br />
than they are, we naturally filter out many causes. In his legendary <strong>book</strong>,<br />
The Fifth Discipline, Peter Senge states that “cause and effect are not<br />
closely related in time and space.” He goes on to explain that most people<br />
think the cause to which we attach our solution is only a cause or two<br />
away from the symptom or effect we wish to change. 1 In other words, we<br />
tend to try and make reality much simpler than it really is and in doing<br />
so implement very poor solutions. Only by fully understanding all the<br />
causal relationships of a given event are we assured of effective solutions.<br />
Necessary Causes<br />
To help overcome this human condition I find that it helps to carefully<br />
examine each causal set and make sure that the causes actually occur<br />
at the same point in time and space and to make the time frame being<br />
observed as short as possible. Try to create a video in your mind’s eye of<br />
the event and use your “stop-action” button to look carefully at causes at<br />
a given point in time. Let’s take a look at an example of this. In Figure 8.1<br />
we see that the “Broken Leg” was caused by two causes, “Jumped Off Roof”<br />
and “Fell 15 Feet.” While these are causes of the broken leg, are they really<br />
occurring at the same point in time and space<br />
Let’s look a little closer. Run the video in your mind’s eye and see<br />
the bone actually breaking and ask what the causes are at this point in<br />
the video. Is it really “Jumped Off Roof Jumping off the roof was farther<br />
Action<br />
Jumped Off Roof<br />
Caused<br />
By<br />
Primary Effect<br />
Broken Leg<br />
Caused<br />
By<br />
Observation<br />
R<br />
Condition<br />
Fell 15 Feet<br />
Caused<br />
By<br />
Figure 8.1.<br />
First Look<br />
Measured Height<br />
R<br />
105
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