tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6915942954402781501.post2561399207642672266..comments2023-12-25T01:06:57.531+00:00Comments on Ian Gent's Blog: Counterfactual Conditionals and the Fundamental Flaw in an Otherwise Powerful ArgumentIan Genthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14390523974279353420noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6915942954402781501.post-19953564808160381252014-09-09T15:43:24.768+01:002014-09-09T15:43:24.768+01:00Another hugely successful English/Scottish partner...Another hugely successful English/Scottish partnership also had fun with this theme... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsvFd7N6I1c&t=1m50sAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04547799403633873741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6915942954402781501.post-8917565328859819972014-09-04T06:28:06.380+01:002014-09-04T06:28:06.380+01:00This is fascinating stuff. I'm afraid that hon...This is fascinating stuff. I'm afraid that honesty, logic and rational thought is much missing in the debate. Or it is from my perspective in North Wales. Which make my views irrelevant even though the result could have a massive impact on my life. FellBoundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13089687581260477621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6915942954402781501.post-51391509446082531112014-09-03T22:37:23.178+01:002014-09-03T22:37:23.178+01:00Certainly I can't rule that out. My main poin...Certainly I can't rule that out. My main point though is not that my counterfactual version of history is correct. It's that Monbiot has a hidden assumption in his - that everything would be the same - which is not justifiable. Ian Genthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14390523974279353420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6915942954402781501.post-28409593064886956392014-09-03T22:36:22.945+01:002014-09-03T22:36:22.945+01:00That's another good one :)That's another good one :)<br />Ian Genthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14390523974279353420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6915942954402781501.post-46359537772985638292014-09-03T22:34:57.654+01:002014-09-03T22:34:57.654+01:00... and the joke reminds me of another: Jean-Paul ...... and the joke reminds me of another: Jean-Paul Sartre is sitting at a French cafe, revising his draft of Being and Nothingness. He says to the waitress, "I'd like a cup of coffee, please, with no cream." The waitress replies, "I'm sorry, Monsieur, but we're out of cream. How about with no milk?"<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6915942954402781501.post-76859978071899481902014-09-03T22:31:47.748+01:002014-09-03T22:31:47.748+01:00I am surprised that you left this in: "How mu...I am surprised that you left this in: "How much of Scotland's oil money would have been spent on loss making steel, coal, and ship production?" Look at South Korea & POSCO as an example of a state "spending money on loss making steel". This lead to Hyundai Heavy Industries, South Korean again, the largest ship builder in the world. In an alternative counterfactual argument Scotland would have invested its oil revenue in the same way as South Korea and had its own POSCO, Hyundai and LG. These are all state funded enterprises. Ian, I think you have been economical with your counterfactuals.Patrickhttp://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/~pat/noreply@blogger.com