...without inferring a causal relationship between cognition and action, people get insecure about the degree of influence they have on their own lives. Without any influence on their own lives, it's difficult to identify what one even IS, since there's no thing in that case which could count for the evidence of one's own existence.
Descartes said 'I think, therefore I am'... but if cognition is not causal, then the 'am-ness' becomes suspect. There might be thinking, but it does not indicate that there is necessarily a thinker.
If everything happens spontaneously of its own (uncaused/ unmotivated) then at best we might be like Socrates - brilliant, only for recognizing that we really know nothing.
It's a dismal prospect.
...which is why it is so incredibly important that we never stop questioning the motives of chickens! It is the fundamental basis for all of our problems!!
LOL
-Rob
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