If the cause is equivalent to the effect, then there is no dependency of the effect on its cause, because the effect is the cause itself, which means there is no effect from the cause, thus the cause is not equivalent to its effect.
The dependency of the effect on its cause confirms that the effect does not surpass its cause.
Therefore, the effect never surpasses the cause, and the effect is never equivalent to the cause.
If the effect could surpass the cause, it means that the cause is capable of manifesting beyond itself, which is impossible because it means there is something added to the effect that does not originate from its cause, indicating absolute nothingness, which is impossible unless it comes from the only cause itself, meaning the effect does not surpass its cause.
Unless the effect comes from multiple causes, which also means that the effect cannot possibly surpass all its causes.
DNA & Sets
Reasoning on a universal scale, a cause as a set cannot have its members surpass the combination of its set members, so diversity always comes from possibilities that do not surpass the set as a cause.
And the possible outcomes of a set combination cannot surpass the potential of that set, so even though the simplicity of DNA structures can form complex structures that surpass the complexity of individual genes, broadly speaking, the combination of DNA structures cannot surpass the potential combination of DNA structures itself as its cause.
Potential & Actualization
If the possible cause is potential, then the diversity of potential also cannot surpass the cause as its origin.
And the vastness of potential does not mean the effect surpasses the cause, because the effect as the actualization of potential confirms the dependency of actualization on its potential, not that the effect surpasses the cause.
Butterfly Effect
The butterfly effect phenomenon is also not valid to assert that the effect can surpass the cause, because there are millions of "butterflies" in other parts of the world that also have cause-effect (action-reaction) power that is nearly equal or greater, so a single flap of a butterfly's wing can be countered and is not strong enough to give a cascading impact.
REFLECTION - LASER LIGHT. Even if the effect comes from the reflection of light (laser), where the initial angle difference determines its reflection at the end, this reinforces the logical consequence that cannot surpass the potential of its initial cause.
🧩 If all effects outnumber all their causes then all effects surpass the potential of all causes which is impossible because potential limits its actualization.
Any cause precedes all of its effects, thus effects depend on their causes, so effects cannot exceed their causes.
Thus ...
🔰 The effect cannot surpass its cause, because the effect depends on its cause, because the effect cannot surpass its potential, because the effect cannot escape the influence of its cause.
AND BECAUSE THE EFFECT CANNOT SURPASS ITS CAUSE, IF THERE IS AN EFFECT THAT SEEMS TO SURPASS ITS CAUSE, IT MEANS THERE IS ANOTHER UNRECOGNIZED CAUSE.
