It’s possible for two groups to be casually necessary for something to happen, and in that case, both are 100% responsible for causing the event.
e.g. I tell the hitman where the target is; the hitman shoots the target. The target wouldn’t have died if either of us had failed, so we both 100% caused the person to die.
e.g. 2. I think it’s true that if Will and Toby never existed, I would have never done any EA stuff, so firstly they do get the “credit” in some sense, secondly both may have been casually necessary.
But then also note:
1) “causes” doesn’t equal “gets the credit for” in the usual sense of “credit”.
2) In real life situations, it’s usually true that if one person didn’t persuade X of something, then someone else would have persuaded them later. Once you properly think through the counterfactuals and uncertainties, it’s rarely true that one person 100% caused anything. So if you “recruit” an EA, you don’t probably cause all of their impact. It’s probably better to model it as a speed-up like you suggest.
It’s possible for two groups to be casually necessary for something to happen, and in that case, both are 100% responsible for causing the event.
e.g. I tell the hitman where the target is; the hitman shoots the target. The target wouldn’t have died if either of us had failed, so we both 100% caused the person to die.
e.g. 2. I think it’s true that if Will and Toby never existed, I would have never done any EA stuff, so firstly they do get the “credit” in some sense, secondly both may have been casually necessary.
But then also note:
1) “causes” doesn’t equal “gets the credit for” in the usual sense of “credit”.
2) In real life situations, it’s usually true that if one person didn’t persuade X of something, then someone else would have persuaded them later. Once you properly think through the counterfactuals and uncertainties, it’s rarely true that one person 100% caused anything. So if you “recruit” an EA, you don’t probably cause all of their impact. It’s probably better to model it as a speed-up like you suggest.
hitman is replacable