What is inductive?

Inductive means learning from examples and making guesses about what might come next.

Imagine you're playing with blocks. You stack up a few red blocks one after another. Then you see another red block added to the tower. You might guess that the next block will also be red, because all the ones before were. That's being inductive, using what you've seen so far to figure out what might happen next.

Think of it like a pattern game. If you see someone wearing blue shoes, then another person with blue shoes, and another, you might guess that the next person will also be wearing blue shoes. It's not certain, maybe they'll wear green next, but based on what you've seen so far, you're making a smart guess.

If you see ten red blocks in a row, your guess that the eleventh will be red is stronger than if you only saw two. So being inductive means using what you know to make educated guesses, just like when you try to figure out which color comes next in your favorite pattern game!