Originally Posted by
invisible
Comes to mind the scent of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson when Watson discovered that Holmes did not know how many planets were in the solar system. On his shock, Holmes explains that the brain has limited capacity and he only keeps the information needed for his daily life and work.
Ahem. This issue was regarding the fact that Holmes didn't care that the earth revolves around the sun (versus the opposite, or if it revolves around the moon), and not about number of planets.
Thus proving that I don't ascribe to Holmes' philosophy and instead fill my mind with a lot of useless information.