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So, for those of you BBC Sherlock fans
out there do you remember the scene in
the Empty Hearse where Sherlock and
Mycroft we're taking turns making
deductions about a hat and more
specifically about the person who owned
the Hat based on the Hat itself well if
you don't here's a short clip from that
scene Oh and BBC in case you want to
claim one of my videos again the use of
this clip is protected under the fair
use act as the use of this clip is
transformative in the way that it's used
to inform and educate love you thanks
and that is enough I've digitally added
a deerstalker to Sherlock and a monocle
to Mycroft so there's that too
anyway now that we're all up to speed I want to
share with you a variation of this game
that can now be trained your deductive
powers in a fun way now this was my
favorite exercise when I first got into
deduction I remember going to school the
day after seeing that episode telling my
friends is sat in my table in geometry
class about it then I proceeded to find
a notebook that belonged to someone
from the last class as I checked the
name and it didn't belong to anyone in
our period then I proceeded to make
some deductions about it and I shared it
with my friends and see what they could
figure out despite them not being super
interested in deduction I had fun a
little I did that plenty more
times throughout the school year with various
items and such and it was quite fun then
I started homeschooling and isolated myself
so that kind of ended.... unfortunately
regretting life decisions aside in the
instance thatwe see in this episode you
have two partners both of whom are
deductionists making deductions about a hat
essentially whomever makes the most
revealing and sensible deductions that
fit the most data and comes to those
conclusions quicker is the victor and it
also feels like that is broken into a
round based system with each pass the
Hat now if you know someone who
practices deduction as well this is a
great exercise for you a bit of healthy
competition will push you to do your
best however for those of you who don't
have a partner to compete against I have
a variation for you for this you will
need two other people they can be
friends family strangers whatever
although strangers make this a little bit
more difficult have them decide amongst
themselves while you look away who will
be the one to give you something then
once they have decided that person will
take a personal item of theirs and place it
on the table then they will tell you to
turn around do so in take the item now
make your deductions about the
hypothetical owner of the item based on
what you can observe from the item
itself build a profile essentially about
the person who owns the item then see
which of the two people your profile
matches the best and once you're
confident with your deductions hand the
item back to the genuine owner to
increase the difficulty you can always
add more people to the game you can have
three or four even five or six people in
just one item that is a lot of variables
to consider however another way to
increase the difficulty is to find two
friends that are very similar to each
other have a similar lifestyle or even
live in the same house and abide by the
same general schedule such as two
siblings their similarities mean that
your profile based on the item will have
to be more specific because they match
each other on all general accounts
anyway that's all for today play around
with this exercise see if you can put
your own spin on it and just have some
fun as you train yourself to be a
formidable deductionist you know what in
fact let's make this even more
interactive for those of you who are
keen play this game with a couple
friends and film it then send it to me
via my facebook fan page or my email
both in the description with that all
you aspiring det- hang on I feel like I
should make some sort of reward or
something for those of you who do this
ok how about this those of you who
send me videos will have a chance to
have your video featured on this channel so
if that sounds like something you might
be interested in doing go for it however
if you don't want the potential of your face
and deductions being shown to possibly
14,000 people then maybe not something
for you anyway I look forward to seeing
what you guys do so if you're new here
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thanks for watching all you aspiring
detectives out there Arrivederchi!