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*** thereby India did not industrialize in the 1870s the same way as did the U.S. | *** thereby India did not industrialize in the 1870s the same way as did the U.S. | ||
=== Grandfather paradox === | === Regression analysis === | ||
* contingencies can be revealed and understood by "regression analysis" | |||
** = extracting variables to identify causality | |||
* in the discipline of History, it is an intellectual exercise, since we can't change events | |||
** sometimes called "counter-factual" or "historical fiction" ("what if?" type scenarios) | |||
** however, it's illuminating to consider and evaluate different variables that create historical contingencies and actual outcomes | |||
==== Grandfather paradox ==== | |||
* the idea that time travelers who changes the past may erase their own future lives, thus themselves | * the idea that time travelers who changes the past may erase their own future lives, thus themselves | ||
* was expressed in 1931 in a reader letter to a science fiction magazine that discussed: | * was expressed in 1931 in a reader letter to a science fiction magazine that discussed: | ||