Quotes About Deduction

Mathematics is the means by which we deduce the consequences of physical principles. More than that, it is the indispensable language in which the principles of physical science are expressed.

What is surely impossible is that a theoretical physicist, given unlimited computing power, should deduce from the laws of physics that a certain complex structure is aware of its own existence.

My deductions have not impressed you at all, which leads me to think that you knew everything already.

In the first person, the readers feel smart, like it's them solving the case.

In a mystery, the sleuth must be believably involved and emotionally invested in solving the crime.

Matematika je religija za ljude s mozgom, zato ima tako malo pristaša.

O hábito não faz o monge,mas o crime ou a sua presunção fazem o detetive,sobretudo o amador.

Consider the famous syllogism "All men are mortal; Socrates is a man; therefore Socrates is mortal." So far, so good. But just because all men are mortal, it does not follow that all mortals are men, and it certainly does not follow that all men are Socrates.

Yes, Manda. You're becoming a good detective.

The lives of strangers have their own rules, which differ from case to case, and anyone who tries to deduce them from a chance meeting is bound to get lost in an ocean of conjectures.

The puzzling thing is that there is really a curious coincidence between astrological and psychological facts, so that one can isolate time from the characteristics of an individual, and also, one can deduce characteristics from a certain time....

Baley distrusted overstatement and had no liking for the armchair deducer who discovered certainty rather than probability in the workings of logic.

No one is so modest as not to believe himself a competent amateur sleuth...

Un encadenamiento de razonamientosválidos sólo puede llevar a la determinación de la verdad.

You can prove anything you want by coldly logical reason—if you pick the proper postulates.

Eliminate the impossible and whatever remained, however improbable, was the truth.

Întreaga ÅŸtiin?? se bazeaz? pe credinÅ£a în anumite premise ÅŸi în valabilitatea deducÅ£iei ÅŸi a inducÅ£iei.

You can prove anything you want by coldly logical reason---if you pick the proper postulates.

Someone said, "Hey, Wanda," and I deduced that this was Wanda. This is why I am such a good reporter.

All homeowners in America may deduct mortgage interest on their first and second homes.

Reading accounts is dull; economic detective work is the easy way to get to the same conclusion.

No one gets lied to as much as mothers. Necessity is the mother of deduction.

Only an idiot guesses or reasons or deduces ,' the Professor said, patiently.

The night is in no way the work of reason, nor it is deduced from experience. It is experience itself.