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| 22200 | If you eliminate the impossible, the truth will remain, even if it is weird |
| Full Idea: When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. | |||
| From: Arthur Conan Doyle (The Sign of Four [1890], Ch. 6) | |||
| A reaction: A beautiful statement, by Sherlock Holmes, of Eliminative Induction. It is obviously not true, of course. Many options may still face you after you have eliminated what is actually impossible. |