a type of logic mainly attributed to Germanthought and philosophy where, for example, if there are twenty factors and all but one are proved untrue, the one remaining will be used as fact. This is not without success in that if one carefully proved a lot of factors untrue, he has reduced the possibility of the remaining factors being untrue. But the fallacy of this is that all the factors might be untrue. —Secrets of the MEST Universe Glossary (approved 26-9-90)