Historians view history as a series of interconnected but highly contingent events, built of myriad and mostly unseen chains of cause and effect. If Princip's gun had jammed, the archduke would have lived, altering Europe's subsequent history.
Fictional 'what-if' scenarios explore counterfactual histories, pondering events like Hitler not failing art school or John Lennon not meeting Paul McCartney. Such scenarios question the possibility of different outcomes due to free will or chance.
The natural laws of the universe and physics prompt a debate on the compatibility of free will. Can individuals truly choose different paths, or are events predetermined by scientific laws?
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