...Or you’ve just missed something. If all you’re left with is improbable you notice that you are confused. I’ve always thought that quote was off.
Then again, Sherlock never did miss anything.
I also just noticed a Sherlock quote with exactly this meaning:
When a fact appears to be opposed to a long train of deductions, it invariably proves to be capable of bearing some other interpretation.
Sherlock’s a more rounded rationalist than he’s given credit for.
To the contrary, he was roundly defeated on at least one occasion.
I am sorry gentlemen, but this quote of Holmes is the very essence of rationalism as I see it.
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...Or you’ve just missed something. If all you’re left with is improbable you notice that you are confused. I’ve always thought that quote was off.
Then again, Sherlock never did miss anything.
I also just noticed a Sherlock quote with exactly this meaning:
Sherlock’s a more rounded rationalist than he’s given credit for.
To the contrary, he was roundly defeated on at least one occasion.
I am sorry gentlemen, but this quote of Holmes is the very essence of rationalism as I see it.