Is it possible to become a real life Sherlock Holmes?
Is it possible to become a real life Sherlock - from the books, BBC's Sherlock and Elementary? If so, are there any modern day examples of them?
1) How to better focus and observation?
2) How to have great understanding of several fields?
3) Be talented at several things at once
4) Speak various languages
5) Cold read people
6) Many more
7) Calculate/ Think at super fast speeds
8) Understand how others think
Is it possible for a normal person who is not a Savant, is not Autistic in any way to become a master detective like Sherlock?
1) How to better focus and observation?
2) How to have great understanding of several fields?
3) Be talented at several things at once
4) Speak various languages
5) Cold read people
6) Many more
7) Calculate/ Think at super fast speeds
8) Understand how others think
Is it possible for a normal person who is not a Savant, is not Autistic in any way to become a master detective like Sherlock?
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Smoking a pipe is a necessary prerequisite
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Original post by L'Etudiant
Is it possible to become a real life Sherlock - from the books, BBC's Sherlock and Elementary? If so, are there any modern day examples of them?
1) How to better focus and observation?
2) How to have great understanding of several fields?
3) Be talented at several things at once
4) Speak various languages
5) Cold read people
6) Many more
7) Calculate/ Think at super fast speeds
8) Understand how others think
Is it possible for a normal person without any brain disorder of some kind (Aspergers, Savants) to become a master detective like Sherlock?
1) How to better focus and observation?
2) How to have great understanding of several fields?
3) Be talented at several things at once
4) Speak various languages
5) Cold read people
6) Many more
7) Calculate/ Think at super fast speeds
8) Understand how others think
Is it possible for a normal person without any brain disorder of some kind (Aspergers, Savants) to become a master detective like Sherlock?
I would start with learning how to read body language.
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3) Be talented at several things at once
Very unlikely. Only for super-geniuses.
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Original post by SecretDuck
Not possible. As they say, "Jack of all trades, master of none".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymath I wish to contend your statement.
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Sorry to jack the thread, but, can you actually develop a mind palace?
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Original post by oftenimitated
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymath I wish to contend your statement.
But they are rare. And have to fulfill all the other points.
Original post by VexedM8
Yes, it's an extension of the 'loci' memory technique.
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Original post by L'Etudiant
Is it possible to become a real life Sherlock - from the books, BBC's Sherlock and Elementary? If so, are there any modern day examples of them?
1) How to better focus and observation?
2) How to have great understanding of several fields?
3) Be talented at several things at once
4) Speak various languages
5) Cold read people
6) Many more
7) Calculate/ Think at super fast speeds
8) Understand how others think
Is it possible for a normal person without any brain disorder of some kind (Aspergers, Savants) to become a master detective like Sherlock?
1) How to better focus and observation?
2) How to have great understanding of several fields?
3) Be talented at several things at once
4) Speak various languages
5) Cold read people
6) Many more
7) Calculate/ Think at super fast speeds
8) Understand how others think
Is it possible for a normal person without any brain disorder of some kind (Aspergers, Savants) to become a master detective like Sherlock?
I am sure that the Asperger's community would be thrilled to have themselves referred to as possessing a "brain disorder".
Original post by VexedM8
Sorry to jack the thread, but, can you actually develop a mind palace?
Yeah, the mind palace wasn't created for Sherlock, it's a mnemonic device that's been around since ancient Greece/Rome.
Original post by SecretDuck
But they are rare. And have to fulfill all the other points.
Frederick The Great.
Original post by majmuh24
Ah okay. Any ideas on where to start reading about it?
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Original post by SecretDuck
Not possible. As they say, "Jack of all trades, master of none".
Well, there have been exceptional people in the past who were master of several fields, namely:
1) Leonardo da Vinci
2) Galileo Galilei
3) Descartes
and many more, there is no denying that these people were brilliant though.
Original post by oftenimitated
I am sure that the Asperger's community would be thrilled to have themselves referred to as possessing a "brain disorder".
I meant no offence, is it not a brain disorder as it makes the brain function differently?
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The biggest problem isn't being clever enough to become a detective. Unlike in Holmes, most crimes are unsophisticated, and most detectives are not extraordinarily intelligent.
What has changed since the 19th century is the huge increase in licensing and regulation that make it almost impossible to do a job like that without working for the state. If you join the police service as a detective then your progression will have more to do with manipulating statistics, and office politics, than having an extraordinary memory or deductive skills.
What has changed since the 19th century is the huge increase in licensing and regulation that make it almost impossible to do a job like that without working for the state. If you join the police service as a detective then your progression will have more to do with manipulating statistics, and office politics, than having an extraordinary memory or deductive skills.
Original post by L'Etudiant
Well, there have been exceptional people in the past who were master of several fields, namely:
1) Leonardo da Vinci
2) Galileo Galilei
3) Descartes
and many more, there is no denying that these people were brilliant though.
1) Leonardo da Vinci
2) Galileo Galilei
3) Descartes
and many more, there is no denying that these people were brilliant though.
Yeah, I should've just said that it's very unlikely to fulfill all the points - not impossible. But it's still a very small probability.
Original post by oftenimitated
Frederick The Great.
Original post by VexedM8
Google? There's plenty of resources if you search for it.
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Original post by SecretDuck
Yeah, I should've just said that it's very unlikely to fulfill all the points - not impossible. But it's still a very small probability.
A military genius. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oblique_order He knew several languages and though German loved French literature more than that of his native country. He corresponded with Voltaire. Frederick also instituted reforms. Was compassionate and empathic so did not have Asperger's or autism.
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Original post by L'Etudiant
Is it possible to become a real life Sherlock - from the books, BBC's Sherlock and Elementary? If so, are there any modern day examples of them?
1) How to better focus and observation?
2) How to have great understanding of several fields?
3) Be talented at several things at once
4) Speak various languages
5) Cold read people
6) Many more
7) Calculate/ Think at super fast speeds
8) Understand how others think
Is it possible for a normal person without any brain disorder of some kind (Aspergers, Savants) to become a master detective like Sherlock?
1) How to better focus and observation?
2) How to have great understanding of several fields?
3) Be talented at several things at once
4) Speak various languages
5) Cold read people
6) Many more
7) Calculate/ Think at super fast speeds
8) Understand how others think
Is it possible for a normal person without any brain disorder of some kind (Aspergers, Savants) to become a master detective like Sherlock?
Asperger's is not a "brain disorder", but thank you for that.
Of course these things are completely possible for someone of supreme intellect - The real question is whether or not anyone has the time (throughout the process of normal education, getting a job, having responsibilities) to practice all of them and not just one or two.
Also, whether or not perfecting all of these skills would actually be of any merit more than to impress people, as in reality there are not as many coincidences as in a fictional series, i.e. solving crimes is not simply a case of being "more intelligent" or noticing things. The vast majority of unsolvable crimes are simplistic, not masterplans constructed by Moriartys!
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