Good Inductions

(Sung to "Good Vibrations" by Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys; dedicated (3/2007) to Alan Hájek for a simply fabulous paper on probability)

My, my reasoning isn't good
though I know my ZF Theorem as I should--
I see the flight of that Bayesian Bird
as it spans the space between deductive worlds--

I'm thinking up good inductions
they're giving me expectations
I'm thinking up good inductions
(Oom bop bop expectations)
they're giving me expectations
I'm thinking up good inductions
(Oom bop bop expectations)
they're giving me expectations

I'm thinking up good inductions
(Oom bop bop expectations)
they're giving me expectations

(Expect!)

Diagrams
like Euler's or like Venn's
place closure on the statements they expend--
I need some thought that can deal with more
of a science with unending open ends--

I'm thinking up good inductions
they're giving me expectations
I'm thinking up good inductions
(Oom bop bop expectations)
they're giving me expectations
I'm thinking up good inductions
(Oom bop bop expectations)
I'm thinking up good inductions
(Oom bop bop expectations)
they're giving me expec--ta--tions!

Ahh--
Oh that constant conjunction--
I don't know how it can get me there--
Oh my, my fakin' Bacon
Oh Novum Organum

(My, my my. . .)

Gotta keep those coin-flip inductions
a-trackin' with truth--
Gotta keep those coin-flip inductions
a-trackin' with truth. . .

Ahh--
Good, good, good, good inductions!
I'm thinking up good inductions
they're giving me expectations

(Nah, nah, expectations!)
Good, good, good, good inductions!
I'm thinking up good inductions
they're giving me expectations

(Nah, nah, expect!)

 

Nah-nah-nah-nah-nah, nah-nah-nah,

Nah-nah-nah-nah-nah, nah-nah-nah,

Nah-nah-nah-nah-nah, nah-nah-nah,

Nah-nah-nah-nah-nah, nah-nah-nah!