When I encourage counterfactual reasoning in the real world, it’s usually to make sure that people are planning in a way that’s responsive to reality. The opposite is planning in a way that is not responsive to reality, which usually still means changing your plans when reality changes, just in a disorganized and untimely way.
When I encourage counterfactual reasoning in the real world, it’s usually to make sure that people are planning in a way that’s responsive to reality. The opposite is planning in a way that is not responsive to reality, which usually still means changing your plans when reality changes, just in a disorganized and untimely way.
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So, the alternative to counterfactual reasoning (unresponsive to reality) is not really something anyone would aspire to—that makes sense.