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79 Post author: Louie 20 November 2010 12:47PM

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Comment author: anonym 21 November 2010 11:15:40AM *  0 points [-]

Yes, abductive inference or some form of analogical thinking are how powerful hypotheses are really generated. Neither of the posts linked to in number 4 above even mention induction, so I'm not sure why the author thought they were evidence for the thesis.