unsahikable:I might be looking at this at face value, but what if this is why Mycroft says “balance
unsahikable:I might be looking at this at face value, but what if this is why Mycroft says “balance of probability" so often? I’m willing to bet he spent his childhood wanting to be a mathematician, like his mum. And he probably did study to become one, too. This could also explain why he works in the government - mathematicians are highly valued in research and code breaking. -- source link