Whereas a deductive argument with true premises will always lead one to a certainly correct answer, an inductive reason can never lead you to absolute certainty.

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According to Chesterton, fairyland provides rationality, for it accurately distinguishes between logical necessities and repetitive coincidences. Two plus two must always equal four, but there is no reason that the “law” of gravity has always been or will always stand as it has – and therefore apples aren’t required to fall when they are dislodged from a tree – though that is what we have always experienced. This is a key distinction between deductive and inductive reasoning, of which science is the latter. Science is a series of observations that lead to a generalization. Whereas a deductive argument with true premises will always lead one to a certainly correct answer, an inductive reason can never lead you to absolute certainty.

Unfortunately, the age of scientism has us living in a society where science is touted as absolute, logical truth. All humility and wonder is gone. Nature is absolutely defined and knowledge is certain, though as Chesterton points out, it really isn’t. It is in this way that fairy tales are more accurate than science books. Fairytales don’t typically deviate from logical necessity, and they avoid making claims of necessity where it is unwarranted. T