“Holmes himself attributes his success to observation, not rationality. (There’s a startling passage in A Study In Scarlet where Holmes tells Watson that he can’t be bothered to remember that the sun orbits the earth!)”
He then states that such knowledge can have no influence on the things he’s concerned about, and so he doesn’t bother learning it.
“Holmes himself attributes his success to observation, not rationality. (There’s a startling passage in A Study In Scarlet where Holmes tells Watson that he can’t be bothered to remember that the sun orbits the earth!)”
He then states that such knowledge can have no influence on the things he’s concerned about, and so he doesn’t bother learning it.
That seems like a starkly rational position.