What is the origin of the name 5W!TS?
From renaissance literature, the five wits were (1) common sense, (2) imagination, (3) fantasy, (4) estimation, and (5) memory. Common sense is the outcome of the five senses; imagination is the wit of the mind; fantasy is imagination united with judgment; estimation estimates the absolute, such as time, space, locality, and so on; and memory is the wit of recalling past events. The five wits are often associated with the five senses. Four of his five wits went halting off. Shakespeare: Much Ado, etc., i. 1 From the Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, 1898 (E.
