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An accurate representation of House M.D (infosec.pub)

submitted 3 days ago by Stamets@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works

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[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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.

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

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