Quotes About Conditionals

The typical imperative from biology is not Thou shalt... , but If ... then ... else.

Karl Marx, a visionary figured out that you can control a slave much better by convincing him he is an employee The sacred is all about unconditionals ; the profane is all about conditionals

But enough already of what grammarians will recognize as the third conditional: if + pluperfect + would.

We are a unique ape. We have language. Other animals have systems of communication that fall far short of that. They don't have the same ability to communicate complicated conditionals and what-ifs and talk about things that are not present.