But as should be obvious to anyone with scientific training, most physical processes are not immediate, but have short, finite (and probabilistic) timing.
So if we disagree with you we are untrained? Not a persuasive argument. Nor is simply calling a statement obvious even without the gratuitous slam.
And your statement is incorrect. Most physical processes are immediate in the sense we are denying is the case for quantum processes. For macroscopic processes on systems, the delays that we might notice are periods when the states of systems are still changing as a direct result of the initial, and prior cause. That is, there is a complete trail between an action and an immediate consequence. When a wake up alarm clock goes off, it is not that there is no connection between the setting of the alarm and the sounding of the alarm. Instead there are a chain of state changes within the timer that connect the final sounding to the setting of the alarm. A counter changes state under impetus of a clock and counts down the time to alarming. The clock is driven by an oscillator that generates a waveform with voltage thresholds that change the clock state. So we can say that final alarming does have a cause in the sense you are claiming we cannot say such a thing.
Not so for nuclear decay. You and I seem to agree that there is no link of changed states between the creation of nuclei and the emitting of a particle therefrom. Instead the atom seems to be unchained immediately prior to emitting the particle. At this point I am finding it difficult to appreciate that you don't even see a distinction.
Why don't you provide some examples or indication of what you mean by 'most processes'? Maybe that will provide insight into your position.
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