if you're here you're probably wanting
to learn how to think like Sherlock
Holmes in the book mastermind written by
Maria konnikova Maria says that there
are two types of brains that we let
control our thinking there's the Watson
brain who is Holmes sidekick and there's
the Holmes brain now when we fall under
rule of our Watson brain we usually
think very emotionally we also rely on
correlation instead of causation when
something is connected to something else
we automatically think that one causes
the other under the control of Watson
brain we also fall victim to biases and
fallacies which I will explain later and
the Watson brain is also fast it runs on
stuff like fight-or-flight and last a
Watson thinker is also subjective and
under the influence of their feelings
now on the other hand someone who thinks
like Sherlock Holmes is very logical and
precise they find causation they find
out which thing causes the other thing
instead of just standard correlation
they are also very deduce 'iv but the
reason there aren't very many Holmes
brain thinkers is because it's more
cognitively costly it literally takes
more energy to think like this a thinker
like Sherlock Holmes is also objective
now you too can think like Sherlock
Holmes
you just have to train your brain
through habits you can train your brain
with deliberate thinking and mindfulness
this comes with time and practice now
there's two things that I mentioned
earlier biases and fallacies a bias is a
conclusion and automatic thought that
our brain has most of the time it's even
stuff that we are completely unaware of
you should try to avoid these I will
cover these in future videos so
subscribe if you want to see them and
also fallacies are flaws in logical
thinking stuff like if something is an A
and something isn't B then it must be
something in between that's called the
middle ground fallacy there are tons of
fallacies and I plan on covering them
too
do not fall victim to these flaws and
logical thinking now let's move on to
mindfulness what is mindfulness
mindfulness is keeping your attention
focused on what you're doing right now
it also means focusing on your
environment Morean mentions that the
minds natural tendency is to wander she
says that it takes extra energy to not
let your mind wander you have to use
your focus and willpower to stay mindful
now when it comes to making deductions
mindfulness is very important let's say
there's a guy that walks into the room
that you're in
and he has a dog hair on his shirt now
when you're mindful you would say hey
this guy has a dog however this is
thinking of a Watson thinker a Watson
thinker would say hey there's dog hair
this guy probably has a dog that is an
example of correlation now he could have
gotten that hair anywhere he could have
picked it up at the bus on his way here
he could have picked it up at his
friend's house it doesn't necessarily
mean that he has a dog to try to find
causation and not correlation and last
but not least
Sherlock Holmes is always learning even
though there is a little passage in one
of the books that says home has no
reason to know if the Sun moves around
the earth where the earth moves around
the Sun because it doesn't matter to him
it's not gonna change the way he does
business this is one of Sherlock
Holmes's little quirks however he is
always stimulating his brain he's always
learning and he plays the violin he says
that it's easier to stay mindful if you
do something that's interesting this is
why he's always smoking tobacco and
playing the violin because he thinks
it's interesting and it stimulates his
brain so let's go through an overview of
how to think like Sherlock Holmes first
don't let your mind fall victim to
biases and fallacies second try to be as
mindful as you can pay really close
attention to what you are doing and the
environment that you're in and third
never stop learning you will find that
life will become a lot more interesting
if you are always learning something if
you combine these three simple steps not
only will you think like Sherlock Holmes
but you will become extremely successful
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