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the sidekick who narrates genius because genius can't explain itself.
means a loyal, competent companion who documents and amplifies someone else's brilliance while quietly doing real work himself.
from created by arthur conan doyle in 1887 as sherlock holmes's chronicler and roommate — a doctor invented so the detective's deductions had someone to dazzle and a reader had someone to stand in for.
real modeldoyle based him partly on his own mentor, dr. joseph bell
ibm reuseibm named its jeopardy-winning ai watson in 1997
not dumbbook watson is sharper and braver than film versions suggest
narrator tricknearly every holmes story is told through his eyes, not sherlock's