SIlver Blaze

In the story "Silver Blaze", Holmes tells Watson "when it comes to the art of reasoning, many people rely on opinion and unsupported assumptions", explaining that many people usually go off of their assumptions and opinions before looking for facts to support such reasoning. This usually results to a huge misunderstanding. There are ways to prevent this, simple solution known as deductive reasoning. Holmes uses this reasoning to eliminate suspects one by one, leaving him with a final conclusion.

Relying on opinions and assumption is a very common issue in general. However, it is more so common within communications and relationships. From personal experience, I've seen this happen quite often between my friends and I. During my senior of high school, I decided to plan a surprise birthday party for my best friend. However, planning this event was not an easy task. I asked a couple of my other friends to help with the party. To keep this a secret from my best friend, my other friends and I decided to meet up after school hours. The day before the party, my best friend and I got into a huge argument. She assumed that I was excluding her from my plans so she confronted me and she was really upset. I didn't want to ruin the surprise, so I pretended that me and my other friends planned to go to a concert without her. When the day came, the surprise turned out to be a success. In the end, my best friend felt horrible for acting the way she did and apologize. This is a perfect example to support what Holmes was explaining to,"When it comes to the art of reasoning, many people rely on opinion and unsupported assumptions."