Richard Lawson wrote:

Sebastian Weinberg wrote:

: Nouma grimaced; he was losing ground here. She was becoming angrier, now
: that all of her suspicions had been confirmed. Nevertheless, he tried to
: see it through. "To paraphrase the esteemed Mr. Holmes, when you eliminate
: the highly probable, whatever is left, however improbable, must be the
: truth.

I *still* don't get this.  Why would you want to discard the
highly probable in favour of the improbable?  What is the
relevance of this paraphrase to Nouma's argument for considering
magic?

And I *still* don't see your problem with this.

I think its just your wording, thats all Richard. I
understood....but...well...that really fdoesn't count for much. I mean,
this is me, after all.