ELI5, ‘Ceteris paribus’ or ‘all things being equal’, what does that ACTUALLY mean?

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It’s a turn of phrase but I don’t actually understand what all things being equal means.

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It means that you understand that there may be complicating factors to the answer but that you are answering without that element. All things being equal maybe you’d rather date a tall girl than a short girl. But like, you still mean that if the tall girl was hitler you’d not want that. But if it was two people who had basically the same properties other than that one you’d go for tall.

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