Hypotheticals

This article isn't going to go on and on about IQ and how it effects the random individul's ability to deal with Hypotheticals. That has been gone over before ad nauseam and everybody gets mad. "Hur dur, IQ deals with how a person reacts at a given time under a certain set of conditions, hur."

So what I am going to talk about are the various Hypotheticals that I know of and how they work. Additionally, these Hypotheticals are closely related to Inner Monologue and how the normal human brain discusses things with itself to solve problems while NPCs can't function at all.

Introduction

A long time ago, an anonymous online poster discussed Hypothetical Conditions with several other people. This poster explained how various forms of hypothetical thinking were studied by a group who used prison inmates as their subjects. He or she then went on to discuss various notable statistics and a few things that do not need to be discussed here.

Anecdotal Conditionals

In mine line of work, one is continually asked to make hypothetical conditions in order to solve problems. Basing these conditions on experience, a person is able to accurately predict the outcome of a situation. We do this by using memory to construct a "what if?" scenario that attempts to gather all available information and bring about the best outcome for the particular problem.

As an example, I will share a work related issue that was solved by using anecdotal data to imagine the several outcomes that could happen. By avoiding the "bad outcomes" the best solution was obtained:

Examples

Lacking the ability to give hypothetical information when asked a question, the respondant gives an answer that is irrelevant but loosely touches on the subject.

Below, you will find the various hypothetical conditions along with a brief example.

Conditional Time

In the original example, somebody asked somebody about laptops and nazis. Without the data here in front of me, I reject that example as being made up. Nobody could be that stupid.