Elementary, Dear Watson. Evolving Science or Leap of Faith?

YOU LOOK LIKE AN INTELLIGENT PERSON; SO, TELL ME HOW DID SHERLOCK HOLMES SOLVE MYSTERIES?

If you use your associative rote memorization tool box, you, more likely than not, will arrive at the wrong answer, devolving to your lowest level of training upon presentation of a minimum appearance of threat-- a perceived threat to your reputation for intellect. Salesmen know how to push these buttons and get you to purchase, and, if you look at the progressive playbook, this shaming is what drives their train. They actually like to quote Jefferson regarding his observation that ridicule is the best weapon against unintelligible ideas. The assumption is that you are dumber than they are, regardless of your training experience and credentials, and that confidence is why the con man makes his money.

Now, think about the pandemic, and ask if you thought through the problem like Sherlock Holmes, or if you used deduction.