Full Idea
Maybe we should say that IF regularities are stable, only then is induction a reliable procedure.
Gist of Idea
Maybe induction is only reliable IF reality is stable
Source
Alistair Mitchell (talk [2006]), quoted by PG - Db (ideas)
A Reaction
This seems to me a very good proposal. In a wildly unpredictable reality, it is hard to see how anyone could learn from experience, or do any reasoning about the future. Natural stability is the axiom on which induction is built.