humanities.philosophy.objectivism

In article <6327ca0f-ff15-4768-803f-fdd292f833b8
@k37g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>, fredweiss@papertig.com says...

> Or, as I have often asked in regard to this question, such as when we
> get Bob's algorithm about universal laws being impossible because they
> require an infinite number of instances, "Do we have to examine every
> cow on the planet before concluding that none of them can jump over
> the moon".

We don't even have to examine *one* cow - if the conclusion we reach can
be wrong, as your notion of "certainty" allows.

--
Gordon