[lit-ideas] Re: Sherlock Holmes on knowledge of the solar system and the workings of the brain
- From: "Phil Enns" <phil.enns@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 08:36:06 +0700
Andreas Ramos wrote:
"One can indeed deduce that the sun doesn't go around the earth. And
yes, it does matter. Odd that Holmes didn't realize that."
For what range of human activities does knowledge of the workings of
the solar system matter? I always took the Holmes comment to mean
that for the business of private investigating, it was irrelevant.
Differentiating cigar ashes, on the other hand, matters.
Sincerely,
Phil Enns
Yogyakarta, Indonesia
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