Consider the following statements:
Prediction: It will rain before Monday
evening if it is cloudy when the sun goes
down on Friday evening.
Observation: Every week for two months
the above prediction held true.
Given this observation, should the
prediction be accepted as a fact?
A Yes; an event that happens so frequently
is almost certain to continue to happen
regularly.
B Yes; if a hypothesis holds true during
several observations, it is a scientific fact.
C No; the observations were not made in a
laboratory
No; the prediction should not be accepted
without additional observations.