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How would a typical person answer each of the following questions about causation?
Tom works for a demolition company, and today he is demolishing a building by implosion. The building will implode automatically at 5:00 PM if either the safety switch is off or knob A is switched on. At 4:00 PM, the safety switch is off, and knob A is on. At that time, Tom checks to see if knob A is on, and he sees that it's on. So, he does not change the position of knob A at all. Because the building will implode if either the safety switch is off or knob A is switched on, the building implodes at 5:00 PM. Did the building implode because Tom did not change the position of knob A?
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- Yes
- No

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