| | It is a common fallacy to interpret causality as event-to-event. When a pool ball ball hits another and moves it, it's not an example of motion causing motion. Rather, the moving ball, by virtue of its properties (identity) causes another ball to move (by virtue of the latter's identity. As another example, if a church bell always rings after I brush my teeth, I ought not assume a casual link.
Since the cookie arrived right after the banana, the worm (to our amusement) assumed that this 'caused' the arrival of the cookie, thereby generating his reaction.
The Latin means "After this, therefore because of this."
The joke caused me to laugh.
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