In his self-deprecating way, the detective Columbo knew how to break down the confidence of a suspected killer. If you’ve seen an episode from the TV series, you know Columbo’s trademark act: After asking a suspect a few questions, none of which were very penetrating, Peter Falk would walk away, then turn, and say something like “one more thing” before asking a question that introduced doubt into the mind of a perpetrator formerly certain that he or she had committed the perfect murder.
In matters philosophical, psychological, sociological, political, and scientific, if you’re not asking yourself or another “one more thing,” you’re complacent. Life’s a mystery, and you’re the detective. There’s always “one more thing” to ask.
In matters philosophical, psychological, sociological, political, and scientific, if you’re not asking yourself or another “one more thing,” you’re complacent. Life’s a mystery, and you’re the detective. There’s always “one more thing” to ask.
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