Blog post:2
uploaded on June 25, 2022
The game is on!
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Deduction battle:
There are two main versions (as far as i know) that can be played.
deduction battle: two or more players look at a object, person, or what have you and each person states their deductions or possibly observations if warrented. Whomever gets the most confirmed deductions correct of course wins the game.
The game played between sherlock and Mycroft is a fantastic example on how it should be played (Both versions). Just with less judgmentalness if your opponent is incorrect or makes a lapse in reasoning.
https://youtu.be/PVLcDTD5gU8
or
https://youtu.be/4V3NOuVctrs
Another version would be
speed deduction:
This should absolutely not be your main form of practice but it is useful in a more casual setting or if your new and need to get in the deduction mindset.
Anyways Speed deduction is the same as battle deduction but without the high need for accuracy.
Two or more players set a timer and each has to make as many deductions as possible. Be sure though to only have a timer that mildly pushes you to be faster. For example if you typically take 5 minutes to deduce then set a timer for 3 minutes.
Also it might be better to write down your deductions or record yourself talking.
There are two reasons for this.
The first reason is to push our boundaries without the fear of being wrong and to become more comfortable with being wrong.
Secondly you can study how your brain behaves when its on a time limit.
When looking over you can look over each phase of your deductions. Such as data gathering, interpreting the data, and our conclusions.
This will allow us to study our snap judgments, biases, how we observe and how our brains analyze data when on a time crunch.
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Hypothetical deduction:
Person (A) states a hobby, profession, or a scenario where a situation occurs.
Then person (B) or group (B) states how it could be deduced. For example person (A) chooses "How might hypothetically a violinist be deduced or observed? ". Then person or group (B) might say something like " Violinist tend to have calluses on there left hand, light deafness in their left ear, They might have some rosin on their body or potentially might even smell of rosin".
This is also a way for individuals to use their own personal experience and share them in a organic way. Like for example if you have any experience with the military then you might be able to share info like military "tells" that you may have noticed that could be deduced or observed.
Another benefit that it may lead to some interesting research topics.
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Social deduction games:
I'm sure most people have heard of social deduction games so I'm going to make this brief.
Social deduction is a genre of games that require you to read your opponent and to think rationally.
Games like poker, town of salem, mafia, diplomacy and sigh among us
https://youtu.be/vtKMYTF_3Js
would all be examples of social deduction.
Playing these games would naturally help improve reasoning and absolutely improve your body language and or verbal analysis of others.
(Note to self research: research if there's already research either involving multi model analysis, or maybe a conversation analysis of people playing these games.)
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Deduction/observation bingo:
Two versions:
the first way is that you and a group of friends watch the same media. And as you watch you mark off the bingo card. Ideally someone who's is skilled would watch ahead of time and create the bingo sheet. Then you play as you would typically.
(Ideally footage that hasn't been strongly tampered with such as a interview.)
The second method is that you and your group simply go about your days and cross off each bingo square you see. Ideally for each square you mark off you explain stuff like where did you see it, when did you see it, how did you reason and pretty much just explaining the context. Not a requirement of course but it may offer a opportunity for others to learn and to possibly cut back on potential cheating.
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Group deduction (Not really sold on the name):
Person (A) researches a short clip (30 second to a couple of minutes) such as a confrontation, or whatever while group (B) watches and attempt to deduce the context and any other information about the individuals involved. Then any corrections would of course be made.
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i would like to end this post by saying that these are just what i either use personally to practice or I think might be useful to others.
