[samtheman]

Not specified in the article, but definitely implied:

In step two of the experiment, you get a RESULT that’s dependent on what you do in step three.

So you get the RESULT first, and then you provide the CAUSE.

But what if you cheat?

What if you get the RESULT in step 2, and then fail to perform the action in step 3 that leads to that result?

What’s the universe going to do about it? Take it back?

[goat granny]

If you want to know the past, present and future, go to Miss Cleo’s psychic hot line....same thing...

[Humbug]

That’s a good point. So if they get the 10,000 amplification during the 2nd step and decide not to proceed with the 3rd step, then what caused the increase? Unless perhaps the experiment was set up in such a way that it could not be stopped once it started. That all three steps occurred automatically in bang bang bang type fashion, one after the other.

[MiltonFriedmanFan]

It seems like scientists today refuse to admit that they are clueless about many things.

[Texas Songwriter]

The key phrase in the article is.... $70,000 grant.

[Personal Responsibility]

What if you get the RESULT in step 2, and then fail to perform the action in step 3 that leads to that result?

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I think the implication is that if you get that result in step 2 invariably somehow, some way, you or someone else will perform step 3 which causes the step 2 results.