anti-inductive situations: forum for week of 17 October

An example for the question posed can be seen in temperature and the freezing point of water. It would seem that, with water, as the temperature decreases within the atmosphere so does the temperature of the water itself. On a chart, the decrease of temperature could be directly correlated to the decrease in water temperature. One could assume that the water will continue to decrease as the temperature decreases - however this would be incorrect. There is a point in temperature where water will cease to decrease in temperature and simply freeze and turn into solid form (instead of remaining in a liquid state). Thus, while believing in the direct correlation of temperature drop of the weather and the water seemed to be accurate - it would prove to be incorrect if simple induction was followed. It is important to note that since simple induction is formulated through the basis of observation, simple induction is never one hundred percent accurate. While some theoretical laws are based upon empirical evidence that are in support of simple induction, it is not enough evidence to provide one hundred percent accuracy. In other words, the idea of observation as being infallible is incorrect when it is based simply off of routine assumptions.