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Re: Complete the sequence problems



Hi Stefan-
You ask:
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OK, I'll consider it :-), but is there an outstanding pedagogic
example of this? I'm actually thinking along the lines of Jack
Uretsky's very important point about the difference between
"predicting" and "merely reproducing" data. I would like to find a
good illustration of this dichotomy. If I am not mistaken, there are
examples of this in the field of nuclear physics, but I'm looking for
something on a high-school level with more of a physics bent than
letter sequences (for example).
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How about:
1. Bidding in a game of bridge;
2. Driving - you "predict" that other drivers will stay on the
right side of the road (in this country);
3. Astronomy - we now predict ecliples instead of falling on our knees
and praying fervently after they occur - to illustrate the "dichotomy".
????
Regards,
Jack

"I scored the next great triumph for science myself,
to wit, how the milk gets into the cow. Both of us
had marveled over that mystery a long time. We had
followed the cows around for years - that is, in the
daytime - but had never caught them drinking fluid of
that color."
Mark Twain, Extract from Eve's
Autobiography