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Question: why do we assume that the future will resemble the past?

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Because our brains have been wired to do so by natural selection.

In the past, the future has generally resembled the past. So the assumption that the future resembles the past has served our ancestors better than did the opposite view.

Re: probability question (pertaining to SM+P)
 

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Answer: Because it always has.

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Strictly speaking, of course, that is circular logic. That is the problem of induction. But circular shmircular, it works.

Re: probability question (pertaining to SM+P)
 

Hume thinks that
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We form habits in our mind that constantly

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cause and effect

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and for this reason, the relationship is

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only a construct in our mind.

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Hume most certainly questioned cause and effect and determined that it was a human construct. As to whether or not he opined that the construct might be have a parallel in the phenomena, the hypothetical causes of our perceptions, he remained pretty silent.

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Hume is right; Kant is practical.

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edit: Oh my, did that statement make me look stupid. What I meant to say was: We don't know which one, if any, is right.

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There is demonstrable proof that Kant is wrong.... ie, NonEuclidean Geometry and Special Relativity.