anti-inductive situations: forum for week of 17 October

So it seems that any and all facts that do not follow indefinitely an original linear path can be an answer to this question. I'll use the relationship between stress and strain of any solid material as an example. The applied force is proportional to the displacement for a certain distance of displacement. After said distance, the material will deform plastically and basically be screwed up. So it is an error to use simple induction when confronted with a material to which you do not know what the proportionality limit is.