It’s a corollary of the Sherlock Holmes (ok, Conan Doyle) fallacy that once you’ve eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth — the problem being, of course, is that you can’t be sure that you actually have eliminated everything that might be possible.
It’s a corollary of the Sherlock Holmes (ok, Conan Doyle) fallacy that once you’ve eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth — the problem being, of course, is that you can’t be sure that you actually have eliminated everything that might be possible.