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  2. Counterfactual thinking - Wikipedia

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    Counterfactual thinking is a concept in psychology that involves the human tendency to create possible alternatives to life events that have already occurred; something that is contrary to what actually happened.

  3. Counterfactual conditional - Wikipedia

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    Counterfactual conditionals (also contrafactual, subjunctive or X-marked) are conditional sentences which discuss what would have been true under different circumstances, e.g. "If Peter believed in ghosts, he would be afraid to be here."

  4. List of philosophical problems - Wikipedia

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    A counterfactual statement is a conditional statement with a false antecedent. For example, the statement "If Joseph Swan had not invented the modern incandescent light bulb, then someone else would have invented it anyway" is a counterfactual, because, in fact, Joseph Swan invented the modern incandescent light bulb. The most immediate task ...

  5. Counterfactual history - Wikipedia

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    Counterfactual history (also virtual history) is a form of historiography that attempts to answer the What if? questions that arise from counterfactual conditions. [1]

  6. The Book of Why - Wikipedia

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    This chapter examines the third rung of the ladder of causation: counterfactuals. The chapter introduces 'structural causal models', which allow reasoning about counterfactuals in a way that traditional (non-causal) statistics does not. Then, the applications of counterfactual reasoning are explored in the areas of climate science and the law.

  7. Opinion - The elite code of silence around Biden has ... - AOL

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    All the above is speculative counterfactual. Harris might have failed the test or not been resolute enough. But anything would have been better than propping up the decaying Biden.

  8. Simulation heuristic - Wikipedia

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    Significant research on simulation heuristic's application in counterfactual reasoning has been performed by Dale T Miller and Bryan Taylor. For example, they found that if an affectively negative experience, such as a fatal car accident was brought about by an extraordinary event, such as someone who usually goes by train to work but instead ...

  9. NYT ‘Connections’ Hints and Answers Today, Sunday, December 15

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    If you've been having trouble with any of the connections or words in Sunday's puzzle, you're not alone and these hints should definitely help you out. Plus, I'll reveal the answers further down ...