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Old Fri Dec 18, 2009, 06:48pm
BillyMac BillyMac is offline
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Date Night ???

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Originally Posted by mbyron View Post
Holmes rarely uses deduction: Conan Doyle routinely has him call his inferences deductions, when they are in fact inferences to the best explanation (which are inductive). A most un-Holmesian mistake.
I'm probably going to take two of my adult children to a movie over the Christmas break. We usually try to see the blockbuster movies on our family dates. Sherlock Holmes, or Avatar? Suggestions?
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