{"id":5812,"date":"2016-01-28T05:00:03","date_gmt":"2016-01-28T10:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/blog\/?p=5812"},"modified":"2025-05-20T21:03:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T00:03:11","slug":"437-the-necessity-of-choice-the-sum-of-your-experiences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/archives\/5812","title":{"rendered":"437 &#8211; Knowledge and causality"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4426\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5812-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/BROADCASTS\/20160128-justRIGHT-437-KNOWLEDGEandCAUSALITY.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/BROADCASTS\/20160128-justRIGHT-437-KNOWLEDGEandCAUSALITY.mp3\">\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/BROADCASTS\/20160128-justRIGHT-437-KNOWLEDGEandCAUSALITY.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/BROADCASTS\/20160128-justRIGHT-437-KNOWLEDGEandCAUSALITY.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=5812-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/BROADCASTS\/20160128-justRIGHT-437-KNOWLEDGEandCAUSALITY.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"20160128-justRIGHT-437-KNOWLEDGEandCAUSALITY.mp3\">Download<\/a> () | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('5812-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_5812-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_5812-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe width=&quot;320&quot; 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