Sherlock Holmes Complete Works 1

Chapter 21 Research on Scarlet Characters 21
Everyone knew in advance that the court would be held on Thursday, but when Thursday came, we didn't have to appear in court.The case of Jefferson Hope has been heard by a supreme judge, and he has been summoned to another high and sovereign court, where he has been tried with the utmost justice.Because, on the night of his arrest, the aneurysm burst.The next morning, the prison guards found him lying peacefully on the prison floor with a smile on his face, as if he had fulfilled his wish before dying, and felt very relieved, as if he was still thinking about his revenge when he was dying. I didn't waste my life.

When we discussed the matter the next evening, Holmes said: "Gregson and Remired will be mad with rage when they hear of this man's death. What else can they rely on to protect themselves?" What about bragging?"

I said, "I don't think they've done anything to catch this murderer."

My friend said bitterly: "In this world, it doesn't matter what you did, what matters is how you make people believe what you did." After a while, he said briskly: "It doesn't matter, anyway, this case I don't want to let it go. Among the cases I have passed, there is no more exciting case than this one. Although this case is simple, there are several points that are very inspiring."

"Easy!" I exclaimed.

"Yes, it is very simple indeed. How else can I describe it?" Seeing my astonished expression, Sherlock Holmes smiled. "I say this case is simple because there is no other word for it." With the help of me, I caught the criminal within three days just by relying on my ordinary reasoning."

I said, "That's true."

I have told you before that the most prosaic things are often not only obstacles but, on the contrary, clues.To solve such problems, reverse reasoning is necessary.It's a very useful technique, and it's easy to master, it's just that people rarely use it.In people's daily life, because they are always accustomed to forward reasoning and are very useful, people also ignore reverse reasoning.Fifty times more people use synthetic reasoning than analytic reasoning. "

I said, "I don't quite understand what you mean."

"Oh, I don't quite get it. Try to make it simpler. When you tell people a sequence of events, most people will tell you what the possible outcomes are. They can connect the events in their heads. think about it, and draw one or another conclusion from it. But very few people, after you have told them the result, can deduce, through their own thinking, the steps that led to it. That's what I call ' Retrospective reasoning' or 'analytical methods'.

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