# Problem of Induction For most of the history of science, it was believed that science worked via [Induction](Induction.md). There is no way of proving from any observations that the external universe, or multiverse, exists at all, let alone that the electric currents received by our brains stand in any particular relationship to it. Anything or everything that we perceive might be an illusion or a dream. [Solipsism](Solipsism.md) cannot be logically disproved. Since solipsism is logically consistent with your perceiving any possible observational evidence, it follows that *you can logically deduce nothing about reality from observational evidence*. In that case why should we accept the conclusions of science? This is known as the **Problem of Induction**. One of the problems of induction is illustrated via [Russells Chicken](Russells%20Chicken.md). Another is that [All Observations are Theory Laden](All%20Observations%20are%20Theory%20Laden.md) and [Observations are not Sources of Knowledge](Observations%20are%20not%20Sources%20of%20Knowledge.md). The solution to the problem of induction depends on recognizing that science is a process not of deriving predictions from observations, but of finding [Explanations](Explanations.md). --- Date: 20240913 Links to: [Fabric of Reality](Fabric%20of%20Reality.md) chapter 3 Tags: References: * []()