Think Like Sherlock Holmes Flashcards
The phrase elementary my dear Watson has a deeper meaning which is
A very big problem can always be broken down into its fundamentals, the very basis of what make it what it is and how does it work.
When Feynman ask students what makes it go and they all answered energy what was his outcry
Energy is just a word!! What truly makes it go are springs. Cells, chemical changes. Energy was just the high level not really understand view
Always remember the ______, the _____ that lay underneath each question and each principle
Building blocks, elements. And use these as starting points for something new
Whatever the specific issue, you must ________ it in your mind as _______ as possible. And then you must fill it with _______
Define and formulate, specifically, past experience (knowledge) and present observation
Define Scientific method
Understand and frame the problem’ observe; hypothesize (or imagine); test and deduce; repeat
One characteristic of Holmes’s thinking is a ______________ towards the world. Nothing is taken at face value. Everything is scrutinized and considered, and only then accepted or not
Natural skepticism and inquisitiveness
Our brains must _______ in order to process it. Discovered by _________
Believe, Daniel Gilbert
To move from system Watson to system Holmes- it
Takes mindfulness and motivation. To think like Sherlock Holmes, we must want, actively to think like him
Mindfulness and Motivation is _____
The sense of constant presence of mind, the attentiveness and here news that is so essential for real active observation of the world. Motivation in a sense of active engagement and desire. You have to train it constantly in order to reap more and more benefits from it
Our motivation also effects our ability to _______ information
Encode information in a more remember able way. We must have a “rage to master”
Anders Ericsson argues that ___
Experts see the world differently within there area of expertise: they see things that the untrained eye would not normally see. They see the details as part of a whole and know at once what is crucial and what is not.
The brain attic theory and how I disagree with it a little
“A fool takes in all the lumber of every sort that he comes across, so that the knowledge which might be useful to him gets crowded out, or at best is jumbled up with a lot of other things, so that he has a difficulty in laying his hands upon it. Now the skillful workman is very careful indeed as to what he takes into his brain-attic.”
You are not an expert in the field. Therefore you must build a “filter, organize, and label room” before you put it in the main storage.
There is a difference between _____ and _______. Never mistake mindlessness for mindfulness, a _____ with a ____
Seeing and observing, passive approach and active approach
The attics (or house) structure is how our minds work. Describe it in detail
It’s how it takes in information and process that information. You would ask things like how do I recover information I’ve stored. How do I deposit information. Where will it go. How will it be marked. How would it be integrated
The attics contents are
All our previous knowledge and experiences that we’ve had in our lives
Our memory is a large part in the starting point for ___
How we think, how our preferences form, and how we make decisions.
System Watson mode _____ the memories to store
Doesn’t get to choose
The idea of knowledge…
We know only what we can remember at any given point in time, no amount of knowledge will save us if we can’t recall it the moment we need it.
What is MTR and how does it affect memory
MTR is motivation to remember and it greatly increases the chance of remembering material later on. Try telling yourself, this I want to remember. Of course no amount of MTR will help if the information wasn’t stored properly to begin with.
What way will make memories stronger then just repeating it?
Manipulating information, playing around with it, talking it through, Making it come alive in stories and gestures, things of that nature
Our brains are wired for ______, that simplify task of taking in and evaluating the countless inputs our environment throws at us every second
Quick judgements, equipped with back roads and shortcuts
It is of first importance not to allow your ______ to be biased by ______
Judgement, personal qualities
I never make ____. An ______ disproves a rule.
Exceptions
Experiments have demonstrated that when something in the environment, be it an image or a person or a word, serves as….
A prime that allows individuals to access related concepts better.
A bad prime stops being a prime once we are..
Aware of its existence. Always ask yourself. Is something superfluous to the matter at hand influencing my judgement at any given point? (Answer is almost always yes) . If so, how do I adjust my perception accordingly? What has influenced my first impression and has that first impression influenced others.
Observation is not just about a passive process of letting objects into your visual field. It is about…
Knowing what and how to observe something. Directing your attention accordingly: What details do you focus on? What details do you omit? Howe do you take in and capture those details that you choose to zoom in on?
Choosing wisely means being…..
Selective, it means not only looking but looking properly with real thought.
Looking properly at what you note and how you note is important. It’s about….
Seeing the full picture, noting the details that matter, and understanding how to contextual ice those details within a broader framework of thought
