Re: Different meanings of "predict" and thanks for previous help!

Thanks for your answers

It seems, however , that in sentences 1a) and 1b) you can substitute
"hypothesized" for "predicted" as a synonymous, wherease in sentence 2a)
this wouldn't be possible

you can say: "I predicted (hypothesized) that children with friends would be
happier" - but you cannot say: Attachment hypothesized pro-social behaviour
instead of "Attachment predicted pro-social behaviour".

If the above consideration is right, doesn't this suggest that "predicted" -
at least in the simple past form - can have two different kinds of usage "
(namely "prediction" and "successful prediction".respectively)?

Regards

Alberto

"Evertjan." <exjxw.hannivoort@xxxxxxxxxxxx> ha scritto nel messaggio
news:Xns96F9D74FD7D06eejj99@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> John Swindle wrote on 24 okt 2005 in sci.lang.translation:
>
> > Yes, I see what you mean.
> >
> > For Alberto, a hypothesis was not strictly a prediction.
> > For me, as for you, a hypothesis is indeed a prediction.
> >
> > There's another difference between Alberto's example 1
> > and example 2, though. In example 1, we make the
> > prediction. In example 2, the evidence predicts the
> > outcome. It's a difference in who or what is making the
> > prediction.
> >
>
> I don't think so. Evidence/data does not predict.
> The human rules set to use the data concludes in a prediction.
>
> Perhaps the word "evidence" assumes/suggests the data has the ability tp
> predict, but that is a fallacy.
>
> Examples:
>
> Because God told me in a dream [subjective information],
> I will win the jackpot tomorrow. [prediction]
>
> When [not if!] the sun goes up there will be another day
> [prediction on experience and immediate evidence (it is dark), coupled
> with definition (of day), gives reasonable assumption]
>
> Whereas 20000 children went to school last year [scientific data
> collected in survey], and the amount does not change much year to year
> [schientific a priory knowledge], the rule of my analysis predicts that
> next year 19000 to 24000 children will attend school [prediction]
>
> Because we find that being fat predisposes of getting diabetes later in
> life, effectively combatting fatness decreases your chance of getting
> diabetes. [prediction based on data, but not necessary the right one,
> because fatness and diabetes could be linked by a common cause, not
> influencing each other. Further prospective research is needed, but a
> wrong rule could lead to such possible misinterpretation]
>
>
> --
> Evertjan.
> The Netherlands.
> (Replace all crosses with dots in my emailaddress)
>


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