28, November, 2023 Rated: ⚝ Arising Problem A common picture that I’ve seen with new people who wanted to get into deduction, and even beginners, is that they think of deduction like a psychic. People expected to look at a person and tell their whole life. It’s simply impossible. Questions…
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Reddit Deduction 1: Analyzing Handwriting
20, November, 2023 This is a post from redditor asking to analyze his/her ? handwriting. Observation The most important thing mistake that beginner makes is not having a thorough observation before getting frustrated at having no deduction. I will start with observation with “level” of thoroughness. Level 1: Overall observation…
Deduction Tip 1-5
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…

Deduction 4: Habit
15, November, 2023 Rated: ⚝⚝ Everything in life wants to operate at as low of an amount of energy as possible. From human and animals, who always want to rest, to atom, which wants to reach noble gas configuration. This is within reason of course. Even with high energy people,…

Deduction 3: Going Against The Norm
11, November, 2023 Rated: ⚝ A famous actor was shot on stage during a play. The actor entered to the play through a huge cloud of mist. Audience reported that there was a lazer coming from the second floor right before the gun shot. On the second floor, there are…
Deduction 2: The Foreigner
7, November, 2023 Rated: ⚝ A Japanese police saw a foreigner acting strange and tell him: “私は警察官です、ここで何をしているのですか” – meaning “I am a police, what are you doing here?” What do you think is wrong here? . . . So the wrong thing here is the Japanese police talks to the…

Deduction 1: The Freshman
6, November, 2023 I took a part-time job a week ago as at a dining center in a university with a side mission of learning to deduce people in real time. I think any job that provides opportunities to observer, deduce and interact with people are really good for learning…

A Study In The Sign Of Four
A study in the Sign of Four. Observations, Deductions, Sherlock Holmes’ method of investigation and quotes in the novel The Sign of Four.
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…