Quotes About Evidence

Education must enable one to sift and weigh evidence, to discern the true from the false, the real from the unreal, and the facts from the fiction.

burn. Now, I observe, Ames

An investigator needs facts and not legends or rumours.

It is a capital mistake to theorize before you have all the evidence. It biases the judgment." "You

process, said I, starts upon the supposition that when you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. It may well be that several explanations remain, in which case one tries test after test until one or other of them has a convincing amount of support.

than theories, after all. My view of the case is confirmed. There is a trapdoor communicating with the roof, and

It is all very well to say that a man is clever, but the reader wants to see examples of it...

We ran round, and there lay the unfortunate rider. He was a tall man, full-bearded, with spectacles, one glass of which had been knocked out. The cause of his death was a frightful blow upon the head, which had crushed in part of his skull. That he could have gone on after receiving such an injury said much for the vitality and courage of the man. He wore shoes, but no socks, and his open coat disclosed a nightshirt beneath it. It was undoubtedly the German master.

heard the creature

No data yet, he answered. It is a capital mistake to theorize before you have all the evidence. It biases the judgment.

think that it is quite clear that there must be more than one of them.

when a fact appears to be opposed to a long train of deductions, it invariably proves to be capable of bearing some other interpretation.

No hay nada tan engañoso como un hecho evidente -respondió

capital mistake to theorise before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.

I knew that seclusion and solitude were very necessary for my friend in those hours of intense mental concentration during which he weighed every particle of evidence, constructed alternative theories, balanced one against the other, and made up his mind as to which points were essential and which immaterial.

Es un craso error teorizar antes de tener datos. Inconscientemente, uno empieza a moldear los hechos para que se ajusten a las teorías, en lugar de ajustar las teorías a los hechos.

Esto sí es un misterio. ¿Qué cree que significa? —Aún no dispongo de esos datos. Es un error capital teorizar antes de disponer de información. Sin darse cuenta, uno empieza a deformar los hechos para que se ajusten a las teorías, en lugar de ajustar las teorías a los hechos.

No data yet," he answered. "It is a capital mistake to theorize before you have all the evidence. It biases the judgment.

of the Scotland Yarders," my friend remarked; "he

You will remember, Watson, how the dreadful business of the Abernetty family was first brought to my notice by the depth which the [585] parsley had sunk into the butter upon a hot day.

I repeat that there is no practical joke here, but that we are investigating a serious crime." A vague thrill ran through me as I listened to my companion's words and saw the stern gravity which had hardened his features. This brutal preliminary seemed to shadow forth some strange and inexplicable horror in the background.

Data! data! data!" he cried impatiently. "I can't make bricks without clay.

Data! data! data!" he cried impatiently. "I can't make bricks without clay.

It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.