On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 6:39 AM, Piaget Modeler <[email protected]>wrote:
> Two notes. > > #1 - I was taught that a prediction and an explanation are the same > entity: one is viewed prospectively whilst the other is viewed > retrospectively. > It's worth bearing in mind that this is not entirely true. For example, when we hear that John Smith won the lottery last week, what is the explanation? Answer: it's a random lottery, somebody is going to win. But we could not predict from this that John Smith was going to win the lottery. ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-f452e424 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-58d57657 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
