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[scrdest]

... so what's the word? C'mon folks, don't hold out on us like that

Well, I didn't figure you'd want the actual word. Far as you know, I could make it up on the spot and you'd be none the wiser. But it's 'samozapłon'. It translates 1:1 to spontaneous combustion.

[Starver]

But it's 'samozapłon'. It translates 1:1 to spontaneous combustion.

That's boring. Not anywhere near as good as good as the old engineering documents that had the term (in Russian) of "water sheep" where the English intended-equivalent was "hydraulic ram"..

[hops]

(it was a spy thing)

(i knew they were wrong)

(of course, their constant assertions muddled my mind a bit)

(so i was asking for help reorienting my intelligence)

That sound somewhat dogmatic of science...

That said, I know science is probably the most rational school of thought there is, but... how do we /know/? Science by its own definition makes it pretty damn difficult to spot any flaw it may have. And how do we know if proof by induction works?

[Il Palazzo]

how do we /know/?

By measurement.

[Max™]

Also falsification of invalid explanations of reality!

[Arx]

And how do we know if proof by induction works?

It's just... you know, man, dominoes, man...

* Arx hits figurative blunt.

[TempAcc]

Effing dominoes, how to they work?

EDIT: in more entertaining news, Elon Musk is live now.

[Max™]

That sounds more imposing than you intended.

The system is active, the safeties are off, Elon Musk is live, your king of space has come.

[Sergarr]

And how do we know if proof by induction works?

Because it's a mathematical construct. And if you ask "how do we know if math works", it's because math is beyond time and space, and our studies of math just reveal more of that eternally-existing super-infinite meta-structure of everything that is possible and impossible.

[Starver]

EDIT: in more entertaining news, Elon Musk is live now.

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[hops]

And how do we know if proof by induction works?

Because it's a mathematical construct. And if you ask "how do we know if math works", it's because math is beyond time and space, and our studies of math just reveal more of that eternally-existing super-infinite meta-structure of everything that is possible and impossible.

Sorry, I meant inductive reasoning.

[Dozebôm Lolumzalìs]

We know it works because it WORKS. In the end, all science is applied. How do you like it NOW, physics? Now sociology is on top!

[ChairmanPoo]

Don't you prefer anecdotal evidence?

[Dozebôm Lolumzalìs]

Who is that directed to?

[Helgoland]

In the end, all science is applied.

All they'll find of you will be the bloody copy of Serge Lang's Algebra with which we will bash in your skull.