In the story “Silver Blaze” Sherlock Holmes tells Watson that when it comes to the art of reasoning, many people rely on opinion and unsupported assumptions.
The difficulty , he maintains, is to detach the framework of undeniable fact from the embellishments of hearsay and reporters.
What do you think he meant by this? Explain using from your own personal experience. Examples of personal experience could be around particular reasons to be someone’s friend or not or whether to babysit for a particular set of children or not.