spin wrote: "Perhaps we are splitting hairs, but "speculating on future trends and past happenings" is not possible as the past happenings have already happened. "
1. It is possible and is done every day! Past happenings show up in reports, analysis, trends reports, et al. One tries to understand and as I stated, "... as a point in ascertaining future potential trends and events."
spin wrote: "Now, certainly you could speculate on WHY past happenings happened, or you can analyze past happenings.
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2. Again, use whichever method you like.
You are not trying to split hairs, but from past post [happenings] I will speculate that you have an interesting desire to have a last rebutall. Have at it. ;-)