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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: