根据AC的说法，严格的历史探究错误地考虑了这个问题 *如果 *成为菲利普·K·迪克（Philip K. “看，chum，他曾经阐述过，”这并不是任何时候都会发生任何事情。您必须考虑 *可能性 *。
(According to AC, serious historical inquiry incorrectly considers the question *what if* to be the turf of Philip K. Dick or comic book titles like *What if the Incredible Hulk Had the Brain of Bruce Banner?* Although historians were not in the business of assigning probabilities to historical events, AC opined they should. 'Look, chum, he once expounded, 'it's not like anything can happen at any time. You have to consider *conditions of possibility*.)