how can a person make good inferences?

Question

thanks in advance! ^^

Answer 1

Well, let's see...

You infer what I imply. Sort of, lol.

From what I have said, you are able to deduce some additional facts, probabilites and possibilities.

If I say "I made good money last week" you can safely infer that my weekly income is not a fixed amount. Less safe would be that my more usual weekly income is somewhat unsatisfying or insufficient. WHY I made good money last week suggests a number of possibilities, but you can't really choose one without more context. You might have had an extra opportunity (job) to generate income, you might work on commission, you might have worked longer or harder and so on. And while it could plausibly be true, without further context it would NOT be reasonable to infer that I stole money, or sold drugs on the side, or won the lottery.

So I would say that in order to make good inferences, one needs to possess and use disciplined deductive logic.

Answer 2

Always try to assume a positive attitude, even to negative information.
Think the best of a person until given hard evidence ( personal experience) not to.
Be an optimist not a pessamist.
Always look on the bright side of life, tee dum, tee dum, tee dum de dum de dum