text: Abductive inference may or may not take statistical observations into consideration. In either case, the 
  premises offer support for the conclusion because the conclusion is the best explanation of why the 
  premises are true.[82] In this sense, abduction is also called the*inference to the best explanation*.[83] For 
  example, given the premise that there is a plate with breadcrumbs in the kitchen in the early morning, one 
  may infer the conclusion that one's house-mate had a midnight snack and was too tired to clean the table. 
  This conclusion is justified because it is the best explanation of the current state of the kitchen.[78] For 
  abduction, it is not sufficient that the conclusion explains the premises. For example, the conclusion that a 