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How to Stop Obsessing Over “What If…?”

Build For Tomorrow

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Are Counterfactuals a Byproduct of Learning?

Counterfactuals are what help us learn from our mistakes. But they're also a byproduct of how we make sense of the world, which is what drives a lot of our biases and misunderstandings. Sometimes counterfactuals can be used just as a way of kind of telling a story that makes the world seem more kind of sensible.

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