As mentioned by other commenters already, (Bayesian) probability theory has offered us a framework to think about the issues you discussed. As a concrete textbook example, suppose you were given a coin which could be potentially loaded, but you didn't know yet. Now after flipping the coin for 100 times and found that it always gives head, you revised your understanding to this particular coin. It doesn't mean we will conclude that "because we have seen for 100th times the coin give head so the 101th one will definitely be head". Instead, we may "believe it's very likely that it will give head in the 101th toss". Notice the the difference in wordings. Some physicists (e.g. E. T. Jaynes) even believe that's the only correct way to do science.
mathematics induction is used on numbers, but not the reality. Mathematics used in MI is only based on some simple logic and assumptions, and is independent of the real world. Therefore, MI can be used in the mathematics world. However, induction is not reliable in reality because the world is not based on assumption and we don't know what is really going on in the world.
@freiheit55933 жыл бұрын
@@sangtom195 nice refutation indeed
@1newbbie3 жыл бұрын
@@sangtom195 Mathematics can be applied to reality otherwise Mathematics is of no use. It is the misleading naming that Mathematical Induction is just not an induction.