I think you don't have to take it literally .. Of course it's wrong. It mean that the thing you through impossible, IS possible.
Do not say something is impossible if you're not sure.
Days before, I was using apache + php and one extension was uncommented but.. still show as not loaded.
I tried to change PHP version, same thing. I was like "It's impossible ! DLL is present, line is uncommented, I've restarted my server..".
There was a missing dll in apache folder.. Once I eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, was the truth.
I started writing software in 1984. Over the years I worked with many languages, technologies, and tools. I have been in leadership positions since the early 2000s, and in executive roles since 2014.
Words are important. This quote has been used time and time again literally. When you hear it used to make a point, run! You could decide to explain it with personal interpretations, but if you do that words lose their meaning.
BTW, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle meant it literally, like everything else Sherlock Holmes did, and it is often used literally.
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I think you don't have to take it literally .. Of course it's wrong. It mean that the thing you through impossible, IS possible.
Do not say something is impossible if you're not sure.
Days before, I was using apache + php and one extension was uncommented but.. still show as not loaded.
I tried to change PHP version, same thing. I was like "It's impossible ! DLL is present, line is uncommented, I've restarted my server..".
There was a missing dll in apache folder.. Once I eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, was the truth.
Words are important. This quote has been used time and time again literally. When you hear it used to make a point, run! You could decide to explain it with personal interpretations, but if you do that words lose their meaning.
BTW, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle meant it literally, like everything else Sherlock Holmes did, and it is often used literally.