The Grasshopper delivered this about a week ago: “Clues need to be interpreted, facts don’t.”

It seems that facts need to be assembled to get to a workable solution, but clues keep us clueless until they lead us to facts.

The difficulty, as I see it, is that we jump the gun by attempting to solve situations with clues before finding or verifying the facts. It’s called conjecture or, more to the point, hallucinating.

How often do we pretend to know about something without having the facts? Have you ever judged a book by its cover? You have pretended to know all the facts by just glancing at the clues.

If you only read the headlines, you’ll be topical but lack depth.

President Ronald Reagan left us with this memorable quote: “Trust but verify.”

Trust your instincts but validate their veracity before claiming to have the answer.

When you discover a tempting clue, don’t start writing you thesis; start asking questions. Dig deeper before claiming to have depth and breadth.

I love finding clues; they spur me on to solve the puzzle. Where we come up short, is claiming to know how the whole puzzle is put together when we only have a piece of blue sky.

“Get a clue” is a pejorative statement we may make to someone who’s oblivious to something, but we remain in the dark as well if we don’t take the next step and find the facts.

If the only clue you take from this is to find the facts, you been promoted to junior detective and you will solve more puzzles.

All the best,

John

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