Document (#17915)

Author

Kirchherr, W.
Li, M.
Vitányi, P.

Title

¬The miraculous universal distribution

Source

Mathematical intelligencer. 19(1997) no.4, S.7-15

Year

1997

Abstract

What is it, exactly, that scientists do? How, exactly, do they do it? How is a scientific hypothesis formulated? How does one choose one hypothesis over another? Scientists engage in what is usually called 'inductive reasoning'. Inductive reasoning entails making predictions about future behavior based on past observations. However, defining the proper method of formulating such predictions has occupied philosophers through the ages

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