15, November, 2023 Deduction Tips #1 People who still use face masks after the pandemic are more likely to be high on Conscientiousness, since they stick to established rules and find it hard to switch systems once the mandatory state is lifted. Deduction Tips #2 People who use MacBooks are…
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Credit to DeductionJournal So according to Dr Maria Konnikova in her “Lessons from Sherlock Holmes” blog post series and her book “Mastermind How to think like Sherlock Holmes,” there are three things that are needed to be a good detective in Holmes’ eyes; Good reasoning skills (often umbrella termed as…
Deduction Exercise 3: “Passing by”
Objective: Deduce, or at least observe, as much as you can about strangers while having very limited time to gather information Details: For this exercise you’ll have to methodically choose your vantage point for observing. Find a place where you can sit and watch people walk by, not a park…
Deduction Exercise 5: “Playing Police”
OBJECTIVE: FIND AND RECORD AS MANY VIOLATIONS OF LAWS AND SIGNS AS YOU CAN FIND Details: Go out to a public space, anywhere that has a lot of people, even just the middle of the street. While in this place keep in mind the rules and regulations attached to it…
Deduction Exercise 4: “At Least One Fact”
Objective: State at least 1 fact about every person in the room Details: Go to a place where you can find large groups of people for long periods of time (e.g. Waiting rooms, coffee shops or cafeterias, bars, restaurants). Sit down and look around, the objective is very simple: deduce…
Stop practicing with pictures!
Alright this is gonna be one of the posts that people seem to like, probably because of the dramatic title and the “hot take”
Binaries Addendum
It has come to my attention that my Binaries post is a bit confusing, so i thought i’d make an addendum to clarify some stuff.
Binaries
So, the title is really self explanatory, a binary is just a word that refers to two things. In Biology a binary system is used as a base
Chess And Deduction
So recently i’ve been answering questions about how to squeeze information out of the things you observe,
How To Break Down Information
So a while back i was asked how i break down information when deducing, you can see my answer to that question here
