Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth. — Sherlock Holmes
Paradigm shifts are prompted by the accumulation of counter examples which resist current 'explanation — fresco
Sherlock Holmes — TheMadFool
Sherlock, the great logician, even as a baby just born in a dark cave could infer the universe from a grain of sand, and in the next moment derive the existence of Niagara Falls and the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans from a drop of water. — PoeticUniverse
This proves my point. We actually didn't understand the truth, forcing a paradigm shift.
This is a significant philosophical issue which raises the pragmatist/Nietzchean position that there can only ever be 'descriptions', — fresco
How do you eliminate the impossible? — Shamshir
Then 8 +16 = Chromium, and by context 'Apple'. — Shamshir
It's 1/7 proportionately - liquid to sulphate.Please just don't calculate my medicine dosage — TheMadFool
It's 1/7 proportionately - liquid to sulphate. — Shamshir
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