I would submit that "John Smith won the lottery" is neither a prediction nor an explanation. It is just a statement of fact which has a different structure. ~PM
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2012 11:48:24 +0000 Subject: Re: [agi] Internal Representation From: [email protected] To: [email protected] 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 | Modify Your Subscription ------------------------------------------- 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
