sapientreader's review against another edition
5.0
Brilliant. This book bends the fact Sherlock Holmes being fictional to being real. Loved it <3 Recommended to all Sherlock Holmes fans.
shawnwhy's review against another edition
4.0
pretty cool notes on mindfulness and Sherlock Holmes, and how Conan Doyle ended up believing in fairies
guinness74's review against another edition
4.0
An intricate look at thinking using Sherlock Holmes as a basis for how it should be done. Konnikova examines the usefulness of mindfulness, the attraction of attention, the perils of multitasking, all while weaving these against the framework of the great detective's triumphs.
shrey_sinh's review against another edition
3.0
Maria Konnikova, a well-known psychologist and poker star, illustrates some of the best lessons to be learnt from a fictional icon, Sherlock Holmes. She presents Sherlock from the vantage point of a psychologist focused on improving the mindfulness of her readers.
She borrows lessons and quotes from the novels of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and garnishes them with relevant psychological studies. She helps us digest psychologists’ points of view that we could easily imagine and keep in our ‘brain attic’ for long. She primes for a quiet mind - a mind distracted from unimportant things and focused on the most relevant information. She helps readers visualise minds as imaginary places where we store and process information. She suggests the readers to think like a scientist i.e., to think, check the possible fallacies, eliminate subjectivity, and reach the conclusion in an objective manner, no matter how much improbable it looks.
Maria’s focus is not to present Sherlock as an idol separated from the usual human actions and experiences. She makes Sherlock look real and more human than we have always imagined.
Although sub-titled as a ‘How To’ book, Maria doesn’t shove down assertive statements in a monotonous sound. She is not the first psychologist who uses a fictional character to push ahead psychological studies among the common masses, but she, definitely, is one of the finest in this piece.
The lessons learnt from this can be applied apparently by everyone, but, surely, the lessons are more inclined in favour of people involved in creative professions, and an industrial person will have a tough time leveraging many lessons from this book in their professional domains.
This book will help the readers in analyzing other fictional characters from multiple vantage points. Reading this will help readers enrich their experiences of other fictional stories.
She borrows lessons and quotes from the novels of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and garnishes them with relevant psychological studies. She helps us digest psychologists’ points of view that we could easily imagine and keep in our ‘brain attic’ for long. She primes for a quiet mind - a mind distracted from unimportant things and focused on the most relevant information. She helps readers visualise minds as imaginary places where we store and process information. She suggests the readers to think like a scientist i.e., to think, check the possible fallacies, eliminate subjectivity, and reach the conclusion in an objective manner, no matter how much improbable it looks.
Maria’s focus is not to present Sherlock as an idol separated from the usual human actions and experiences. She makes Sherlock look real and more human than we have always imagined.
Although sub-titled as a ‘How To’ book, Maria doesn’t shove down assertive statements in a monotonous sound. She is not the first psychologist who uses a fictional character to push ahead psychological studies among the common masses, but she, definitely, is one of the finest in this piece.
The lessons learnt from this can be applied apparently by everyone, but, surely, the lessons are more inclined in favour of people involved in creative professions, and an industrial person will have a tough time leveraging many lessons from this book in their professional domains.
This book will help the readers in analyzing other fictional characters from multiple vantage points. Reading this will help readers enrich their experiences of other fictional stories.
lightonglass's review against another edition
5.0
Pretty good! Almost like practical neuroscience for training yourself basically to think like a scientist and be aware of potential cognitive biases that come up in our observations, formations of opinions, and decision making.
tanyxscreams's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced
5.0
Very intriguing and reflective look at Sherlock's brain
blooker's review against another edition
4.0
Fun tour of research and practice at being observant and aware.