“I consider that a man’s brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose. A fool takes in all the lumber of every sort that he comes across, so that the knowledge which might be useful to him gets crowded out, or at best is jumbled up with a lot of other things, so that he has a difficulty in laying his hands upon it. Now the skillful workman is very careful indeed as to what he takes into his brain-attic. He will have nothing but the tools which may help him in doing his work, but of these he has a large assortment, and all in the most perfect order. It is a mistake to think that that little room has elastic walls and can distend to any extent. Depend upon it there comes a time when for every addition of knowledge you forget something that you knew before. It is of the highest importance, therefore, not to have useless facts elbowing out the useful ones.”
― Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet
Now here’s some rubbish for your brain-attic… Sherlock Holmes never said “Elementary, my dear Watson” in any of the stories by Conan Doyle.
I just figure our brains do the filing while we are in deep sleep. I missed many years of sleep in my life, so I am happy to see on my Fitbit lately that I am getting 1-2 hours nightly of true deep sleep. I have had 3 sleep studies in my life. One, zero sleep, two, two minutes, and three, 10 minutes. I used to feel a lot like a zombie for decades. Half asleep all day and night, not much difference. Now I sleep! The filing has commenced!
LastRoseOfSummer 1 Premium Member over 2 years ago
Ah…so that’s the reason.
PoodleGroomer over 2 years ago
Every time I try to clean up I get distracted and oooh shiny.
John Wiley Premium Member over 2 years ago
“I consider that a man’s brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose. A fool takes in all the lumber of every sort that he comes across, so that the knowledge which might be useful to him gets crowded out, or at best is jumbled up with a lot of other things, so that he has a difficulty in laying his hands upon it. Now the skillful workman is very careful indeed as to what he takes into his brain-attic. He will have nothing but the tools which may help him in doing his work, but of these he has a large assortment, and all in the most perfect order. It is a mistake to think that that little room has elastic walls and can distend to any extent. Depend upon it there comes a time when for every addition of knowledge you forget something that you knew before. It is of the highest importance, therefore, not to have useless facts elbowing out the useful ones.”
― Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet
Now here’s some rubbish for your brain-attic… Sherlock Holmes never said “Elementary, my dear Watson” in any of the stories by Conan Doyle.
contralto2b over 2 years ago
I love Aunt Ruthie. She is so good at saying EXACTLY what I am experiencing from time to time (at least I am not experiencing it all the time).
Moonkey Premium Member over 2 years ago
I just figure our brains do the filing while we are in deep sleep. I missed many years of sleep in my life, so I am happy to see on my Fitbit lately that I am getting 1-2 hours nightly of true deep sleep. I have had 3 sleep studies in my life. One, zero sleep, two, two minutes, and three, 10 minutes. I used to feel a lot like a zombie for decades. Half asleep all day and night, not much difference. Now I sleep! The filing has commenced!