“Counterfactual” is an arcane term in our vocabulary, sometimes even for someone with higher education. It is the language of science, understood and used by scientists. If we are not scientists, why do we even need to bother about counterfactuals? In the simplest possible terms, counterfactuals tell us what could have happened but did not. More specifically, it is about what could have happened in the absence of a phenomenon.
“Counterfactual” is an arcane term in our vocabulary, sometimes even for someone with higher education. It is the language of science, understood and used by scientists. If we are not scientists, why do we even need to bother about counterfactuals? In the simplest possible terms, counterfactuals tell us what could have happened but did not. More specifically, it is about what could have happened in the absence of a phenomenon.
