In Eastern (especially Buddhist) Philosophy, all causes are NOT time dependent.
For instance, if you have some water in a glass, the glass itself could be thought of as the Cause holding the Water, and preventing it from spilling on the Floor, Table or onto your clothes.
Taken in this sense, instead of looking at "Hidden Causes" as Albert Einstein would have said, why not view the Existence of Probabilistic Nature (or Uncertainty itself) as atleast one of the Ultimate causes which make this "Universe" Appear to us, as it is, and Not as something else.
If / When that is the case, the situations like the Double Slit Experiment, would be thought of as instances, where the Glass is Temporarily Broken, and before an Accessory glass is quickly brought, some of the water spills on the ground.
My example of the glass and the water may Not be the best Analogy, but I hope that it will be food for thought.
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