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15074275 No.15074275 [Reply] [Original]

Is induction irrational?

>> No.15074288

Yes, only a brainlet would regard irrationality as synonymous with bad in this context. It’s unreasonable to assert things will occur based on prior observations with certainty.

>a chicken is fed every day
>the chicken assumes it will always be fed every day
>one day, the chicken instead has its head cut off

>> No.15074291

>>15074275
It's not rational, it's empirical
Also fuck this fetal alcohol syndrome scot

>> No.15074322

>>15074291
What’s your dislike for based Hoom

>> No.15075395

what a bunch of conjectural nonsense

>> No.15075405

thought this was rlm mike's face photoshopped on an old piece of art for a moment

>> No.15075434

>>15074291
Induction is not empirical.. it is based on empirical phenomenon -> Hume's point exactly

>> No.15075450

>>15074291
AHHHH
I'M
HOOOOMING

>> No.15075807

>>15074275
Yes and this is why you will never be able to verify all the claims in the bible. How can you possible verify that you will live in a paradise "forever".

>> No.15075819

>>15075807
Science can't prove anything right but it can definitely prove stuff wrong. Our current theories are just the ones that have lasted this long without being disproven.