John Mackie.
Tried to define causation in terms of sufficient and necessary conditions, but he tried to do so without appealing to complex metaphysical entities (such as Lewsi's possible worlds).
To do so, Mackie introduced the term "INUS Conditions". Event A is a cause of Event B if A is an INUS condition for B: A is an "Insufficient yet Necessary" condition for some other "Unnecessary yet Sufficient" condition for B.
In simpler words: If A was a necessary part of another event C (C could not occur without A), and C is sufficient to bring upon B (C is enough to bring upon B, but B could occur in other ways as well), then A is a cause of B.
1965
There has never been a verified snow leopard attack on a human being.
They are very reclusive creatures, and even if they are disturbed, they are more likely to run away than to attack.
2012
In Switzerland, applications for citizenship are decided at the municipal level.
Hence, if your neighbors find you annoying then they can vote to deny your citizenship
2017
Mike Tyson once offered a zoo attendant 10,000 dollars to let him fight a gorilla.
Tyson got his chance to own powerful animals and wrestle with them in years to come.
2020
Potatoes played an important role in economic growth in the 18th & 19th centuries.
The introduction of the potato explains the 25–26% of the increase in old world population
2011
11% of US working age adults are on antidepressants.
Overall, 16.7 percent of 242 million U.S. adults reported filling one or more prescriptions for psychiatric drugs in 2013
2013
Eating fast food regularly has the same impact on the liver as hepatitis.
One month of eating fast food can cause significant changes to your liver
2013
Philosopher Gabriella Blum believes that international law should differentiate combatants based on function and not status.
This means that combatatnts will be defined by the role they play in the war, and not by them belonging to army or being civilians.
2010
Red Dwarf stars that are low in mass can burn continually for up to 10 trillion years.
A Red Dwarf is a small and cool star in a later stage of its life
2020
Scottish scientists were awarded £250,000 in funding to breed sheep who fart less.
They will attempt to create more animals who have the least impact on the environment
2019
Czech doctors Deliver Baby girl 117 Days after Mother's Brain-death.
Mother had suffered a severe stroke and became brain dead. After delivery, they disconnected the mother’s life support.
2019
Michelangelo and Leonardo were commissioned to paint frescos in the same room. They hated each other, bickered, and neither completed their work..
Today you can walk around Florence seeing ghostly images of the two lost masterpieces.
Kangchenjunga, the tallest mountain until a survey of Everest, has never been fully climbed.
The first people to reach the top stopped short of the summit because they promised the ruler of Sikkim to keep the sacred mountain intact
2020
Scientists Attached Stilts to the Legs of Ants to Prove that they Return to their Nests by Counting their Steps..
The regular ants walked right to the nest and went inside. The ants on stilts walked right past the nest and got lost.
