Blogging AND Studying? Surely that's a first.

I was so happy that there was something interesting in what I was reading that I had to stop at page 387 of chapter 11 of this book when it illustrated “Silence as Communication“ in this way to blog about it.

“Sherlock Holmes once solved a murder mystery based not on what happened but on what didn’t happen. Holmes remarked to his assistant, Dr. Watson, about “the curious incident of the dog in the nighttime.” Watson, surprised responds, “But the dog did nothing in the nighttime.” To which Holmes replied, “That was the curious incident.” Holmes concluded that the crime had to be committed by someone with whom the dog was familiar because the watchdog didn’t bark.”

This shall go in the “CIOTDITN” cupboard in my brain. As they say, you never know from where interesting things will pop up!

July 29th, 2008 / 1 Comment / Trackback