He doesn’t start with a set of potential conclusions and knock them down one by one as he gathers evidence - no, he instead jumps from one extreme thread of intrigue to another, never quite abandoning an idea even if the evidence points otherwise. The universe then apparently conspires to prove him right on credence alone
He doesn’t start with a set of potential conclusions and knock them down one by one as he gathers evidence - no, he instead jumps from one extreme thread of intrigue to another, never quite abandoning an idea even if the evidence points otherwise. The universe then apparently conspires to prove him right on credence alone
No? the information he gathers is very sparse, so naturally his conclusions are very wild and based more on hunches than on anything actually empirical
based more on hunches than on anything actually empirical
That’s what abductive logic is.
Clearly he’s not being arbitrary. While it isn’t purely deduction where the conclusion has to be true if the premises are true, in abductive reasoning it’s only “likely” they’re true. The better your premises, the better the likelyhood.
And how good are Sherlock and House portrayed as, in this way?
Very.
That’s why he’s allowed to do almost anything, since he usually ends up finding the right solution despite a little trial and error.
If he constantly turned out to be wrong, he wouldn’t have an entire department and there’d be very little point in the whole story
Abduction is basically deduction when you account for reality.
I hear what you’re saying, but you assume his reality is rational. I think he’s a reality warping demon whose guesses are proven to be right only because the universe he lives in loves him.
In a saner world, he would be locked up as a delusional hateful man who got people killed with constant risky misdiagnosis
My dad’s last doctor was visibly drunk all the time and would unashamedly scroll through my dad’s computer records during the appointment to figure out who he was talking to and what his problems were. And of course my dad loved this guy.
Sounds pretty awesome tbh. Most doctors I’ve seen don’t bother checking the records at all and I need to repeat everything (even tests) every visit. They also seem uncomfortable and bit lost when dealing with people. I thinks it’s a result of it becoming a highly paid, high status career, that is actually a service job. Brings in all the wrong people.
For those who didn’t get it House is just sherlock Holmes in a medicinal setting.
His friend is Wilson instead of Watson.
He is a genius, eccentric who solves mysteries using his intellect and deduction, hell he even uses drugs just like Holmes.
He also lives at the same address: 221B Baker Street.
Plus, there’s a bunch more.
it’s abduction he uses, not deduction.
He doesn’t start with a set of potential conclusions and knock them down one by one as he gathers evidence - no, he instead jumps from one extreme thread of intrigue to another, never quite abandoning an idea even if the evidence points otherwise. The universe then apparently conspires to prove him right on credence alone
So you’re telling me that he’s actually a reality warper instead of a genius doctor?
You could say, like the Wabbajack.
I actually think so, yeah
This is correct
Less so
No? the information he gathers is very sparse, so naturally his conclusions are very wild and based more on hunches than on anything actually empirical
That’s what abductive logic is.
Clearly he’s not being arbitrary. While it isn’t purely deduction where the conclusion has to be true if the premises are true, in abductive reasoning it’s only “likely” they’re true. The better your premises, the better the likelyhood.
And how good are Sherlock and House portrayed as, in this way?
Very.
That’s why he’s allowed to do almost anything, since he usually ends up finding the right solution despite a little trial and error.
If he constantly turned out to be wrong, he wouldn’t have an entire department and there’d be very little point in the whole story
Abduction is basically deduction when you account for reality.
I hear what you’re saying, but you assume his reality is rational. I think he’s a reality warping demon whose guesses are proven to be right only because the universe he lives in loves him.
In a saner world, he would be locked up as a delusional hateful man who got people killed with constant risky misdiagnosis
Which is funny because Arthur Conan Doyle based Holmes on a real life doctor who used deductions. It comes full circle!
That doctor that inspired Sherlock Holmes was based on a fella named Sean Combs.
If you’ve dealt with real doctors, you know that is high fantasy.
Same way as Holmes is high fantasy to real detectives, what’s your point?
It’s a TV show, if it wasn’t fictional it would be incredibly boring.
Disagree, there was a '90s show called Trauma: Life in the ER that was the real shizz. The namby-pambies ruined it. Ack, real blood!
My dad’s last doctor was visibly drunk all the time and would unashamedly scroll through my dad’s computer records during the appointment to figure out who he was talking to and what his problems were. And of course my dad loved this guy.
The difference being most doctors do that before consultation begins, not during.
At least the guy was honest.
Sounds pretty awesome tbh. Most doctors I’ve seen don’t bother checking the records at all and I need to repeat everything (even tests) every visit. They also seem uncomfortable and bit lost when dealing with people. I thinks it’s a result of it becoming a highly paid, high status career, that is actually a service job. Brings in all the wrong people.
House/Homes/Holmes
Abode
Cuddy has A body
What she keeps in her closet is none of House’s business
Holmes on homes.
That’s an idea. Sherlock Holmes, but he uses his powers of deduction to renovate and flip houses on a new reality show set in rural Brittain.
And Doyle got the inspiration for Holmes from watching doctors diagnose patients
Wow he must be very rich.
My doctor’s appointments more closely resemble Oliver Twist.