Yes, this is fantastic and accurate. It captures exactly the uncertainty that underpins this type of reasoning. Abductive reasoning is usually an evidence-gath

Yes, this is fantastic and accurate. It captures exactly the uncertainty that underpins this type of reasoning. Abductive reasoning is usually an evidence-gathering process, so that we can narrow down the set of inferences that still produce meaningful conclusions. Thus "once you've eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."