Well said. Despite being altogether familiar with the boundaries of reality, many people are still inclined to cross and embrace fantasy. They simply "want to believe".
Hint: This usually ends badly... : /
Conan Doyle was also heavily into spiritualism. Seances and such. But Holmes scoffed at these things. I think it’s a credit to his ability to not inject himself into his character and try to push those beliefs onto the public. I give him credit for that.
As for why he’d fall for such things? He was human like the rest of us and NOT Sherlock Holmes.
Yes, it is interesting. I guess you have to believe in something, and that worked for him.
IIRC, his belief in spiritualism was kindled by the death of his beloved son, who was a soldier in WW I. He was so overcome by grief that he attempted to communicate with his son “on the other side.” He lost a great deal of money to charlatans in this way.
Well said. Despite being altogether familiar with the boundaries of reality, many people are still inclined to cross and embrace fantasy. They simply "want to believe".
Hint: This usually ends badly... : /
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