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You are sitting in an apartment building and your cat sees a mouse on the window sill.
The mouse jumps out the window and lands on the ground unscathed.
The cat, seeing the mouse made the leap safely, and hoping for lunch, makes the same jump and suffers no injury.
You worried about your cat escaping, need to decide if you’ll jump as well.
Based on seeing the tiny mouse make it and even your bigger cat, can you assume you’ll be safe? Why or why not?
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You are sitting in an apartment building and your cat sees a mouse on the window sill.
The mouse jumps out the window and lands on the ground unscathed.
The cat, seeing the mouse made the leap safely, and hoping for lunch, makes the same jump and suffers no injury.
You worried about your cat escaping, need to decide if you’ll jump as well.
Based on seeing the tiny mouse make it and even your bigger cat, can you assume you’ll be safe? Why or why not?