tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222296802338385267.post3893610765257635324..comments2024-03-21T11:30:25.618-07:00Comments on Ontos: "I Believe That the Writings of Conan Doyle Have Done More Than Any Other One Thing To Stimulate Active Interest in the Scientific and Analytical Investigation of Crime"Mike Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17182471386130948540noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222296802338385267.post-21257230327664204722021-10-14T12:36:29.051-07:002021-10-14T12:36:29.051-07:00Agreed. "Science marches on!" was pretty...Agreed. "Science marches on!" was pretty much the standard in the 19th and 20th centuries, and fiction writers happily went along for the ride. As for the 21st century. . .?Mike Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17182471386130948540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222296802338385267.post-91697563320088164482021-10-13T23:38:24.348-07:002021-10-13T23:38:24.348-07:00Auguste Dupin was the first fictional detective to...Auguste Dupin was the first fictional detective to believe that crimes could be solved by reason, but Holmes was pretty much the first to actively look for physical clues. The details of his methods were not important - Holmes (and Conan Doyle) at least understood that physical clues mattered. That was pretty much revolutionary thinking.<br /><br />Obviously the scientific investigation of crime was something that was going to develop anyway but I think it's fair to say that Conan Doyle provided a lot of the initial impetus.dfordoomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02306293859869179118noreply@blogger.com