Originally Posted by
megan
Following used on an investigators course.
“Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.” ― John Adams, The Portable John Adams
“In our reasonings concerning matter of fact, there are all imaginable degrees of assurance, from the highest certainty to the lowest species of moral evidence. A wise man, therefore, proportions his belief to the evidence.” ― David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
They conceive a certain theory, and everything has to fit into that theory. If one little fact will not fit it, they throw it aside. But it is always the facts that will not fit in that are significant.” ― Agatha Christie, Death on the Nile
Which comes back to the final wreckage being tail-first and inverted, the discomfiting fact that started me on this project. The CAB investigators decided on the day of the crash that the plane slid tail first and right side up. They never corrected it through the final report. What sort of focus and determination does it take to accomplish that?