DEDUCTIVE REASONING
Taking a well-earned break from the detective business, Sherlock
Holmes and Watson were on a camping/hiking trip. They had gone to bed
and were lying there looking up at the sky.
Holmes said, "Watson, look up. What do you see?"
"Well, I see thousands of stars."
"And what does that mean to you?"
"Well, I suppose it means that of all the planets and suns and moons
in the universe, that we are truly the one most blessed with the
reason to deduce theorems to make our way in this world of criminal
enterprises and blind greed. It means that we are truly small in the
eyes of God but struggle each day to be worthy of the senses and
spirit we have been blessed with. And, I suppose, at the very least,
in the meteorological sense, it means that it is most likely that we
will have another nice day tomorrow. What does it mean to you,
Holmes?"
"To me, it means someone has stolen our tent."
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