Day: July 23, 2024

AMA – the Duck edition

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The wiki says that the duck test “is a frequently cited colloquial example of abductive reasoning. Its usual expression is:

If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck.

The test implies that a person can identify an unknown subject by observing that subject’s habitual characteristics. It is sometimes used to counter abstruse arguments that something might not be what it appears to be.” Continue reading “AMA – the Duck edition”