Basics Of Deductions

Credit to Thedeductionpage

I can’t believe it’s been about 5 years, since I put this blog up. I’ve taken a huge hiatus. If this blog were my child, CPS would have been contacted. I deduce from time to time, I’ll admit, I’ve slowed down a little, but…I’ve still got it, if I may say so. The beauty of learning on your own and truly understanding the process of deduction, reasoning, and personalizing it is that it’ll be so easy to bounce back. I can say deduction is like riding a bike, not that I know how to ride one.

My content will be changing, from now on. I think I’ll be focusing more on providing knowledge base, insights, advice, all that. I know many people here follow me to learn. I’ve decided that the best way to help you learn is to encourage you to throw yourselves into the forest so you can learn how to fend for yourselves. In that spirit, here are a few things I’ve learned or realized from my hiatus:

– “teaching” people how to deduce is unsustainable. It spoon feeds them and may lead to a flimsy foundation in deduction.

I would use the whole “teach a man to fish” proverb, but that isn’t true, either. You can’t (or shouldn’t) teach someone how to think, you can only give them information and let them find their way there.

– learning how to deduce from people is just about learning how to think like them. It can be useful, but again, I think being an independent thinker would be best. Look to others for guidance and inspiration, but learn how to stand on your own.

– deduction is so, so personal. Some people deduce through detachments, others through empathy, some through hypotheticals…everyone’s different.

– stick to what works for you, but keep other methods in your back pocket.

– don’t be startled if you don’t think like others.

– if you don’t fit into the deduction community, that’s okay. You don’t have to be a dark, brooding enigma to be a good deductionist.

– Deduction takes balls. No, I don’t mean acting all Sherlockian by calling everyone around you an idiot and putting a smirk on your face. I mean it takes balls, because you need to have the balls to make mistakes and explore. Take risks, when it comes your deductions. Don’t be afraid to ask for confirmation.

– being an asshole is wildly unhelpful. You’re not Sherlock, get a personality. I don’t wanna baby you and teach you the basics of morality, but all I’ll tell you is that being edgy and mysterious will hold you back from being your best.

That’s all I can think of so far because…I don’t want to think anymore and I’m really not that invested, currently. I’m not even sure if anyone will still read this, but to those who are, I will be posting more. This year, I’ll be reviving my blog, though it might take a while.

That being said, any tips on how to get back on track? Pictures to deduce? Contacts, resources? DM me. Redecorating my blog soon, too.