In The Final Problem, Holmes says: "For years past I have continually been conscious of some power behind the malefactor." Moriarty "does little himself. He only plans." Holmes finds him because unrelated crimes fit one shape.

I tried that method on the mistakes AI chatbots make: making up a source, sticking to a wrong answer, ignoring a clear instruction. They're usually seen as separate problems. They may be one habit. Unlike Moriarty, there's no planner here, only a pattern.

Is that a fair use of Holmes's method? Or does it need a real Moriarty, with a mind and a motive?

Link: my free paper using this method (Moriarty is in P2.1): https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23485104