[Ophiucus]

Joy, new words and new terms.

Although "abduction" isn't the best choice - "kidnapped reasoning"?

[js1138]

LOL. Hadn't thought of that. There is a problem with the concept of inductive reasoning. It isn't really reasoning. It is an iterative process of jumping to conclusions, then testing the conclusion. It's like the math algorithms that make a guess, test it and iterate, closing on the best solution.

If we knew how the guesses are formed in the mind we'd be a big step closer to artificial intelligence.

As it is, computers are perfect masters of deductive reasoning.