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One Way To Explain The Complexity And Unpredictability Of Historical Systems, Despite Their Ultimate Determinacy, Is To Note That Long Chains Of Causation May Separate Final Effects From Ultimate Causes Lying Outside The Domain Of That Field Of Science.

-Jared Diamond

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One Way To Explain The Complexity And

Jared Diamond

One Way To Explain The Complexity And Unpredictability Of Historical Systems, Despite Their Ultimate Determinacy, Is To Note That Long Chains Of Causation May Separate Final Effects From Ultimate Causes Lying Outside The Domain Of That Field Of Science.

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