Consequence Quote by Gavriel David Rosenfeld

In counterfactual history, nothing is certain.

— Robert Dallek

“Have you ever heard of the law of unintended consequences?” He shook his head. “It basically says that any intervention in a complex system…

— Michael R. Hicks

“as per the law of unintended consequences, no matter what people’s intention when they do something, they rarely know what the ultimate outcome of…

— James Wallman

“The law of unintended consequences rules, often with deadly silence.”

— Richard B. McKenzie

The law of unintended consequences is the only real law of history.

— Niall Ferguson

It is...highly probable that from the very beginning, apart from death, the only ironclad rule of human experience has been the Law of Unintended…

— Ian Tattersall

The law of unintended consequences pushes us ceaselessly through the years, permitting no pause for perspective.

— Richard Schickel

The greatest thing that science teaches you is the law of unintended consequences.

— Ann Druyan

“If people literally applied counterfactual religious principles and prescriptions to factual navigation of everyday environments they would likely be either dead or in the…

— Scott Atran

“counterfactual emotions,” or the feelings that spurred people’s minds to spin alternative realities in order to avoid the pain of the emotion. Regret was…

— Michael Lewis

“The fact that counterfactual thinking seems to hone in on the controllable aspects of a situation only increases the chances that a person will…

— Barry Schwartz

“Regret as a learning tool happens through something called counterfactual thinking—a dynamic with two razor-sharp edges.5 When we look back on a decision and…

— David DiSalvo