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xkcd #3210: Eliminating the Impossible

Title text:

'If you've eliminated a few possibilities and you can't think of any others, your weird theory is proven right' isn't quite as rhetorically compelling.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3210/

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[-] Dagnet@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I tried reading sherlock holmes and it annoyed me how sure he was of every observation. Like guessing someone's height to the millimeter from distances between steps.

Easiest way to commit a crime and never get caught by him would be wearing clown shoes while you do it.

[-] Jolteon@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 months ago

I wonder if they realize that not everybody has the exact same proportion of leg to torso...

[-] ms_lane@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

That's why Batman is the best he uses ~~AI~~ The Batcomputer which totally isn't cooled by an aquifer feeding Gotham.

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