This is a technique known as proof by contradiction.

这是一种称为反法的技术。

And we'll prove it by contradiction.

我们将通过反法来明这一点。

That's called a proof by contradiction, and according to the legend, the gods did not appreciate being contradicted.

这叫做反法，而根传说， 众神并不喜欢被反驳。

You now know, by what’s called a proof by contradiction, that two of the boxes have 8 or more rubies.

您现在知道， 通过所谓的反法，中两个盒子有 8 颗或更多红宝石。

It is not unlikely that she would have accepted any idea encased in this radiant formula—which was perhaps not a formula; it was the reductio ad absurdum of all formulas.

她很可能会接受包含在这个光芒四射的公式中的任何想法——这也许不是一个公式；这是所有公式的反法。