Sherlock Holmes got his logic wrong.
/When he bragged about his “deductive” powers, he was actually using a far more useful tool: inductive reasoning.
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More than just a quibble, it’s a reason we elevate the greedy and destroy the planet.
Its official name: the accismus. I call it the Oh-you-shouldn’t-have figure.
Or has our meme-addled culture canceled oratory?