Sherlock Holmes exemplifies non-linear creative leaps, not just step-by-step hyper-rationality
Maria Konnikova · #89 Maria Konnikova: Less Certainty, More Inquiry · Aug 4, 2020 · at 1:09:14
Psychologist and author Maria Konnikova discusses the cognitive methods of Sherlock Holmes while explaining insights from her book 'Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes'.
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“People think of Sherlock Holmes as kind of a, someone who's a very, very rational ABC decision-making guru, you know, someone who you should look at as just the model of hyper-rationality, and yet when you start reading the stories, you see that one of the real lessons is just how creative it is, and how creative his thought process is, but he doesn't go from A to B to C. That he is capable of taking all of these leaps that standard minds don't take, and that he has all these techniques for how you can attain creative insight.”
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