I'm in the process of penning a note to my good friend here regarding our discussions of the fallacy of induction and something struck me.
Bruce Salem's hypothesis about engineers - which is more than a tongue in cheek remark - seems to have a root in the inductive fallacy.
Engineers use maths a lot; and in mathematical science, induction is a perfectly logical way to proceed. 1 + 1 = 2 100% of…