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    It is not the case that Comparative process tracing would be futile if it required comparing all stages of the process between model and target species or population.

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    • 1.To compare all stages of the process between model and target, one would need to know all stages through which C causes E in the target.
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    • 2.If one already knew all stages through which C causes E in the target, one would already know that C causes E.
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    • 3.Requiring prior knowledge of what one is trying to establish is circular — this is the extrapolator's circle.
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