If he started the war, you in another branch of the universe will complain that he is the bad president because he started the war, which surely will have many nasty consequences.
So no matter what he did, you will complain. So he is not bad president.
Generally speaking many our questions could exist only because some past event existed. Such conditioning makes these questions meaningless.
Biased, not meaningless. But I think correcting for this bias cuts in my argument’s favor because otherwise one could claim that the fact that we are still here is strong evidence that Truman followed a wise policy
If he started the war, you in another branch of the universe will complain that he is the bad president because he started the war, which surely will have many nasty consequences.
So no matter what he did, you will complain. So he is not bad president.
Generally speaking many our questions could exist only because some past event existed. Such conditioning makes these questions meaningless.
Biased, not meaningless. But I think correcting for this bias cuts in my argument’s favor because otherwise one could claim that the fact that we are still here is strong evidence that Truman followed a wise policy