One concept from Chapter 15 that I found interesting was tracing the cause backwards. Tracing the cause backwards involves recalling the cause of each occurrence in sequence. It is easiest to trace the cause back at the first step or the initial cause of one effect. It is easiest to trace only to the first step because tracing back each cause can take forever and the further back you retrace, the harder it is to fill in the normal conditions. I thought it was silly idea to continue going backwards to find the very beginning cause of an effect because a person could say, “Sue was born, and that caused the protest to occur”. Going that far back makes it too complicated to fill in the normal conditions. It is easier to simply go back to the first step and say, “Sue felt passionately about the campaign, and that caused the protest to occur”.
Hey there RL, great post on the subject of tracing the cause backwards, I noticed many people decided to review this concept in blog posts this week and I thought you did a noticeably better job than most. The reason I felt your summary of the concept was superior is rooted in your explanation which made use of the different steps you take as you trace a cause, this explanation was superior to the other summaries I had viewed, and the way you broke down the reasoning for why you would trace things back a certain amount of steps was very helpful. I felt as though your examples aided my learning process and I can only thank you for doing such an excellent job!
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