English Language & Usage Asked on August 27, 2021
I wonder whether it’s correct to say hindcastive, similarly to what we do with predictive to denote the ability to predict. If not, what would be an equivalent term? possibly:
NB: the term isn’t even listed in the OED, unlike in Webster’s, but it’s known in scientific literature.
Thanks!
A retrodiction is a prediction about what you expect to see or not see in a record of the past. We do not expect to see evidence of large mammals dating earlier than 65 million years ago. Hindcast is an interesting possibility but it will be difficult to make it seem appropriate for use without a good context for it to live in.
Answered by Elliot on August 27, 2021
Postdiction according to wikipedia is an 'explanation after the fact'.
Witten, a famous physicist, once said that string theory postdicted some phenomena that had already been explained. I forget what.
Again, according to wikipedia theologians use this in the latin form: vaticinium ex eventu, meaning 'foretelling after the event'.
Answered by Mozibur Ullah on August 27, 2021
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