Lizzie Osore

THE ENIGMATIC MEMORY

Sherlock Holmes, the renowned detective, proposed an intriguing theory likening the human brain to an attic—a space with limited capacity for memories. Dr. Watson, his ever-present companion, once casually mentioned the Earth's orbit around the sun, prompting Holmes to wryly respond, “Now that I do know it, I shall do my best to forget it.” Holmes' hypothesis suggested that cluttering one's mental attic with random facts and trivia might leave little room for critical matters, such as discerning subtle differences between lethal poisons.