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Yesterday, I bumped into Betty Crowe. She was wearing black shoes.
Two weeks ago, I was introduced to John Crowe. I happened to notice that he was wearing black shoes.
Bob Crowe was one of my high school friends. As I recall, he wore black shoes.
All the Crowes I have observed have been wearing black shoes. Therefore all Crowes are wearing black shoes.
The above is an example of the "reasoning" principle known as inductive logic. It is absurd. Nobody would jump to the conclusion that all Crowes are wearing black shoes. There is nothing logical about so-called inductive logic.
Why do people still cling to the myth that science uses induction? Why is there an appearance that induction seems to work, and why are people misled by this appearance?
Per the "kinds" discussion and everything else off-topic - Look around for a better place to discuss it. Maybe get to know how to use the forums search utility.
AND IF YOU FEEL YOU MUST REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE (and I don't see why you would want to), do it at the "General..." topic, link below. The last person not to follow this suggestion got a suspension out of it (and for other things).
Adminnemooseus
ADDED BY EDIT: AFTER I POSTED THE ABOVE, I'VE LOOKED AT THE NEWEST MESSAGES. THINGS SEEM TO BE GETTING PRETTY STUPID. STOP IT!
Added by edit #2 (many hours later): For the record (see here), Rob was suspended for 2 hours for posting the following off-topic message 151. There is now a new topic for some of that off-topic content. See message 152 for the link to there.
Edited by Adminnemooseus, : See above.
Edited by Adminnemooseus, : Edit #2 as noted above.