If everything else is constant then a flag is what determines whether a particular hurricane (that exist far enough in the future) happens or not happens. There’s a causal chain between the flag and the hurricane.
If you care about something else besides the causal chain that defines some notion of “key thing” you actually have to say what you mean with “key thing”.
If everything else is constant then a flag is what determines whether a particular hurricane (that exist far enough in the future) happens or not happens. There’s a causal chain between the flag and the hurricane.
If you care about something else besides the causal chain that defines some notion of “key thing” you actually have to say what you mean with “key thing”.