On Sun, Apr 08, 2012 at 12:23:25PM -0600, Nicholas Thompson wrote: > > > I think we either have to be prepared to say why our faith [in induction] > > is better than their [faith in God], or be prepared to be beaten all the way > back > > into the Dark Ages. Hence my interest in the problem of induction. > >
What does "faith in induction" mean? Induction is something one does. Does one have faith in jogging? Cheers -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) Principal, High Performance Coders Visiting Professor of Mathematics [email protected] University of New South Wales http://www.hpcoders.com.au ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
