...Or you've just missed something. If all you're left with is improbable you notice that you are confused. I've always thought that quote was off.
Then again, Sherlock never did miss anything.
I also just noticed a Sherlock quote with exactly this meaning:
When a fact appears to be opposed to a long train of deductions, it invariably proves to be capable of bearing some other interpretation.
Sherlock's a more rounded rationalist than he's given credit for.
This is our monthly thread for collecting these little gems and pearls of wisdom, rationality-related quotes you've seen recently, or had stored in your quotesfile for ages, and which might be handy to link to in one of our discussions.