1. As time passes, Watson finds his new roommate Holmes increasingly intriguing as his curiosity about Holmes' aims in life deepens.
2. Holmes appears to study things with remarkable zeal within eccentric limits, though his knowledge of contemporary literature, philosophy and politics appears next to nothing.
3. Holmes believes the brain has limited capacity, so one should prioritize what knowledge to retain and not clutter it with useless facts that displace useful ones, like whether the earth orbits the sun.
1. As time passes, Watson finds his new roommate Holmes increasingly intriguing as his curiosity about Holmes' aims in life deepens.
2. Holmes appears to study things with remarkable zeal …