Have you ever wondered what our future is like Practically all people (67) a desire to predict their future (68) . People seem inclined to (69) this task using causal reasoning. First, we generally (70) that future circumstances are (71) caused or conditioned by present ones. We learn that getting an education will (72) how much money we earn later and that swimming beyond the reef may bring an unhappy (73) with a shark. Second, people also learn that such (74) of cause and effect are probabilistic in nature. That is, the effects occur more often when the causes occur than when the causes are (75) , but not always. (76) , students learn that studying hard produces good grades (77) most instances, but not every time. Science makes these concepts of causality and probability more clear and (78) techniques for dealing with them more (79) than does causal human inquiry. In looking at ordinary human inquiry, we need to (80) between prediction and understanding. Often, even if we don’t understand why, we are willing to act on the basis of a (81) ability. Whatever the primitive drives that 82 human beings, satisfying them depends heavily on the ability to predict future circumstances. The attempt to predict is often played in the (83) of knowledge and understanding. If you can understand why certain regular patterns (84) , you can predict better than if you simply observe those patterns. Thus, human inquiry aims (85) answering both "what" and "why" questions, and we (86) these goals by observing and figuring out.