If Your Facts Are Wrong But Your Logic Is Perfect, Then Your Conclusions Are Inevitably False.

If Your Facts Are Wrong But Your Logic Is Perfect, Then Your Conclusions Are Inevitably False.

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If your facts are wrong but your logic is perfect, then your
conclusions are inevitably false. Therefore, by making
mistakes in your logic, you have at least a random chance of
coming to a correct conclusion.
-- Christie-Davies' Theorem

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