THINKING IS CALCULATING
-- 1 In sum,
-- 2 To sum it all up. . .
-- 3 So what's the bottom line?
Understanding The Causation Is Adding Up/figuring Out
-- 1 figure it out
-- 2 that figures
-- 3 I figure
-- 4 How does that figure in?
-- 5 I reckon
-- 6 It doesn't add up.
-- 7 a calculating person
-- 8 a calculated risk
-- 9 I can put two and two together.
-- 10 This adds up to trouble
Note: effects can also be seen in expressions like "This spells trouble"and need further work.
Explaining The Causation Is Accounting
-- 1 She gave an account of her day
-- 2 How do you account for this fact?
-- 1 I didn't count on his showing up too.
-- 2 I didn't take account of that possibility.
-- 3 I didn't take that possibility into account.
Note: (rather than about causation itself). Like other such epistemicmetaphors, it works "backwards", reasoning from effects to causes.
GL, JE, Alan Schwartz