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Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes
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I'm not going to finish this book because (1) it is redundant (padded like a high school paper with an assigned word count); (2) the psychological and neurological concepts are fairly basic; and (3) it's more about Holmes her hero than a book on mindfulness. If you're a big Sherlock Holmes fan, you'd probably like this.
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January 3, 2013
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January 3, 2013
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January 3, 2013
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neuroscience
January 3, 2013
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psychology
January 6, 2013
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8.06%
"The first chapter had a lot of redundancy that made it slow but there were several paragraphs about how we process information that were interesting and worth remembering. To sum it up: When someone says to us something like, "there are pink elephants" our minds have to momentarily accept it as true before we do a very quick mental exercise to conclude that it is an untrue statement."
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January 6, 2013
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8.42%
"Cont:. Of course, a pink elephant is easy to process but, when it is something like, "there are poisonous snakes in Maine", we might not have the facts handy, so we can either research it or accept it as true, which most people do without inquiry. And when it is something like "the death penalty is more humane than life imprisonment", there is no easy process. Many believe what they are told as fact."
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January 6, 2013
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8.79%
"Cont: Even when it is stated by the speaker as BEING untrue, it is often believed, such as, "Senator Davies did not have ties to the Mafia". The association lasts in spite of the statement being a negative."
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January 6, 2013
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22.71%
"It is an interesting subject but not well written. For a book about learning to pay better attention, the author spends too much time repeating herself as if she doesn't trust the reader to do just that. I need to read some escapist fiction now to clear the cotton wool from my brain."
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January 8, 2013
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Finished Reading
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Jan 04, 2013 06:14PM
I'm looking forward to reading what you think of this.
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I'll let you know! So far, very good.
Like you, I grew tired of the repetitiveness. I thought to myself whether it was my "Watson Mind" at work when halfway through I wanted to toss it. Thanks for the review.
I'm glad Iy wasn't just me!
Ditto. I can't imagine why people can't see this...there is nothing but repetitive things that we all learn in everyday life, a big disappointment. My review is coming up.
