Nero Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 (edited) 8 minutes ago, Hookowl said: The Stir That's the Holmesian Fallacy This fallacy usually occurs when someone uses the Holmes Method without being a superhuman genius. The Holmes Method is illustrated by the quote from "The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier",[note 1] a 1926 Sherlock Holmes short story: "When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth." —Sherlock Holmes To apply this method, one must find explanations and eliminate them one by one. However, to draw a logical conclusion from this is fallacious, because both steps require omniscience: Find every possible explanation. Correctly disprove every possible explanation, except the true and undisprovable one. Star Trek's Spock even uttered a version of it in Star Trek VI — The Undiscovered Country.[ Maybe Doom is Omniscient? Edited January 28, 2020 by Nero Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hookowl Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 4 minutes ago, Nero said: Maybe Doom is Omniscient? Or maybe Doom thinks he's omnipotent. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr. benway Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 4 minutes ago, Hookowl said: Or maybe Doom thinks he's omnipotent. You can get tablets for that now. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspector Lestrade Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 39 minutes ago, Nero said: That's the Holmesian Fallacy This fallacy usually occurs when someone uses the Holmes Method without being a superhuman genius. The Holmes Method is illustrated by the quote from "The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier",[note 1] a 1926 Sherlock Holmes short story: "When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth." —Sherlock Holmes To apply this method, one must find explanations and eliminate them one by one. However, to draw a logical conclusion from this is fallacious, because both steps require omniscience: Find every possible explanation. Correctly disprove every possible explanation, except the true and undisprovable one. Star Trek's Spock even uttered a version of it in Star Trek VI — The Undiscovered Country.[ Maybe Doom is Omniscient? Sir Arthur Conan Doyle loved his SH books but he was a bit of a fruitloop was taken in hook line and sinker by the Cottingley Fairies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PolarNigel Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 Cardiff coming in for him might be a blessing in disguise, I don’t fancy him to tear up any trees (or score many goals). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0wl18 Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 18 hours ago, vulva said: If we sign Wilfred Bony I’m cooking next doors rabbit. Bony was at the Blackburn game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PolarNigel Posted January 28, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 28, 2020 1 minute ago, 0wl18 said: Bony was at the Blackburn game. Well that explains why hasn’t signed then 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0wl18 Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 6 minutes ago, PolarNigel said: Well that explains why hasn’t signed then He left at half time along with 20,000 others. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flying-owl Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 1 hour ago, Nero said: That's the Holmesian Fallacy This fallacy usually occurs when someone uses the Holmes Method without being a superhuman genius. The Holmes Method is illustrated by the quote from "The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier",[note 1] a 1926 Sherlock Holmes short story: "When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth." —Sherlock Holmes To apply this method, one must find explanations and eliminate them one by one. However, to draw a logical conclusion from this is fallacious, because both steps require omniscience: Find every possible explanation. Correctly disprove every possible explanation, except the true and undisprovable one. Star Trek's Spock even uttered a version of it in Star Trek VI — The Undiscovered Country.[ Maybe Doom is Omniscient? Well blow me, I didn't know that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonofbert2 Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitcat Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 Fuzzy Logic is employed to handle the concept of partial truth, where the truth value may range between completely true and completely false.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonofbert2 Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 He is a very lucky man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspector Lestrade Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crookesowl Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 8 minutes ago, Inspector Lestrade said: HITC. Nothing in this. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spookone Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 Time will tell whether a striker who has started four league games since the start of 2016/17 can put an end to his love affair with the treatment table. Is this true? If so we shouldn’t fall into our usual trap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hookowl Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 46 minutes ago, Inspector Lestrade said: HITC quoting The Sun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theowlsman Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 This morning, I have it on good authority that Wickham leapt out of bed screaming at his Mrs, demanding she pack him a banana sandwich, some Worcester Sauce crisps, and some liquorice with the sherbet running through the middle, saying positively “I don’t like leeks”, followed by “Cometh the hour, cometh the man, my club needs me”. It’s going to be another interesting day. Or possibly not, if the Wickham household hasn’t got any bananas. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minton Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 On the plus side, the Sun (yeah, I know) are reporting that Wickham is on the verge of joining us. Probably based on what they've either seen on here or what Nixon has said of course, but suggests that it's between us and Cardiff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Reachs left peg Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 Hoping Wickham signs for us and Rhodes goes to Cardiff that would be a great bit of business Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fpowl Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 32 minutes ago, Adam Reachs left peg said: Hoping Wickham signs for us and Rhodes goes to Cardiff that would be a great bit of business If carlsberg did transfer merry-go-rounds 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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