#Science of deduction

[deducter]

Culturing Bacteria in a Petri dish With Agar; an experiment/observation

Today's post is quite different from the usual;

So, we had to do a project in the educational institution I study in; Which was growing bacteria in a Petri dish with agar.

Today, the results came in, but our professor insisted that we have to throw the dishes in the bin. I didn't give up there; after talking to her for a short amount of time, she accepted that I can take the dish with me to my flat, and have a look at it with microscope.

I still cannot comprehend why other students were disgusted by them; they are beyond wonderful.

Allow me to explain this astonishing journey:

What exactly is agar?

Well, agar, derived from the minute aquatic organism known as seaweed or algae, specifically the types Gelidium or Gracilaria, is a widely employed gelling agent. Found abundantly in the coastal regions of East Asia, particularly Japan and South Korea, it undergoes a process of cleaning and extraction to obtain agar in its usable forms of dry strips, flakes, or powdered consistency.

Now, when it comes to the realm of cell and bacterial culture, agar assumes a pivotal role as a solidifying and gelling medium within culture media. Its remarkable gel-forming properties allow for the creation of a three-dimensional matrix, offering an ideal environment for the growth and sustenance of cells and bacteria alike. Nutrients and metabolites find efficient transfer within this agar-based culture medium, while its structural integrity ensures the confinement of cells to designated areas.

Agar's utilization in cell and bacterial culture provides a multitude of advantages, including its ease of implementation, stability, and facilitation of cell separation procedures. The versatility of agar finds application in diverse fields, from microbiology to biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries.

Bacteria can be found on any surface, anywhere.

I decided to pick them up from my shoe soles.

After extracting bacteria from the soles of the shoes, I cultured them in an agar-containing Petri dish. After one week, I observed bacterial and fungus growth in this environment. Here are some images I captured with my microscope:

Wonderful, aren't they?

ND

[thedeductionpage]

WHAT PRACTICE MAKES

The good thing about being in robot mode is you get to channel all that into things like old hobbies. Let’s be honest, I’m probably not gonna post in a long time, after this.

So, everyone knows the saying: “practice makes perfect”, and if you hadn’t heard of it, there you go. When it comes to deduction and most things, practice is essential. What you practice is nearly irrelevant. When you practice, getting warmer— consistency is key. However, I wanna talk about how you practice.

If you’ve circulated the deduction community, you’ll see all these pioneer deductionists who have years and years, maybe even decades of experience. Are all of them good? Not really. A person doing it for 6 months could get better results than them, but why? Why, after all these years are some deductionists still inadequate after so much experience?

The truth is, practice does not exactly make perfect, it makes normal.

These deductionists are practicing incorrectly. They go on reddit or facebook and deduce people, maybe go out in real life and get their material there and simply assume they’re right. They have no confirmation. Now, this may seem a little ironic, but I don’t believe in people getting involved in your process. You only need yourself, and whoever your deducing (or the extension of them, like their belongings). Unfortunately, this means you have to socialize and do research.

Don’t just assume you’re right.

Whenever you’re deducing someone, make sure you have them there, available to confirm and deny.

Don’t just ask what you got right and wrong. Try to explore why it is you were wrong, what set them apart from the baseline.

When you get a lucky, improbable deduction, still ask which factors contributed to this phenomenon. Ask, ask, ask.

How do you ask? Just be as mysterious and ominous, then direct as possible. That’s the 1-2-step. Be enticing and mysterious, then tell the truth. I go on whisper or reddit. I make a post that goes: “I bet you I could tell you who you are by seeing a picture of you or anything you own. NO NUDES OR FOOT PICS.”

Just being honest about that last part. People get confused.

So, what’s the moral of the story? Practice makes normal, perfect practice makes progress. I am coining that and you all have to monetarily compensate me whenever you use that, thanks. This is a pretty short post, but if you have any questions, feel free to ask them. I’ve got nothing going on in my life and I may just throw myself into deduction, who knows? This may be my renaissance, or something.

TDP

[pursuitseternal]

“Am I… Expected?” No, but this update to“A Study in Silmarils” surely is!

Chapter 2: Read on AO3

Reunion dinner with Mother and Father is just as tense as before, only made worse when dinner becomes the pretense for a marriage match… with Sir. Celeborn Doriath. But Galadriel Noldor has other things on her mind… and the wine doesn’t help matters in the slightest.

Haladriel | Explicit | 2.5K Chapter

Sherlock Holmes Haladriel AU

From Chapter 2:

My mouth ran over that strange name again. Mairon Halbrand… No recollection came to me, not even in my drunken mist of a brain. Of course he knew I was a doctor, had probably overheard much of my conversation-turned-shouting match with Mr. Bart. Then, that one part that had needled me this whole time finally came to light.

Afghanistan. How had Mr. Halbrand known? How could he have known?

I bolted from my chair that instant, the wooden legs screeching hard enough to bring the rest of the diners in the Savoy to a hush. “I have to go,” I muttered, grabbing my reticule.

“You most certainly will not,” Father hissed.

“I have something I have to attend to,” it was all I could manage as I slipped far enough way to stay out of his meaty hands and their grip.

“What will we tell Sir Celeborn?” Mother, always nervous, always covering with excuses.

“I’ve become indisposed. Feeling faint,” I fanned my definitely red cheeks. “Set another date and I will meet him then.” Why not have my parents think I’ve appeased them, and I swallowed as I made my way past table after table of onlookers.

But I had questions that needed answering. I needed to get to 221b this moment.

Read More on AO3

[parrotsplayground]

Deduction exercise - Super spy

As we know everyone in the community learn deduction from looking at someone's bedroom and deduce.

I'd like you to take the next level on this.

...

Observe your room.

Deduce.

Pick and choose some details and change it to the opposite of what you've been doing.

Or adjust them so that the pattern is harder to understand.

No one will be able to deduce who you are.

Cover your trace.

...

Example:

Half of my room I'll leave as it is but half of it will be organized OCD.

I'll have cups on both sides of my tables.

And so on.

...

Let's bring a little chaos to the order world of deduction.

Bring some Yin to the Yang.

[thescienceofdeductionandmore]

Anna's Special Birthday

Anna thought to herself:

“If you add up the digits in my birthday (stated in month/date format) and then add the digits in the result until you have a one-digit number, you get 3. If you do that with John Lennon’s birthday, you get 1. If you do it with Paul McCartney’s birthday, you get 5.

"Oh, wow! My birthday is the average of John and Paul’s birthdays. That’s amazing. I have like the best birthday ever. Yay, for my special birthday.”

Anna’s birthday is in the first half of December. What is it?

[letmexplor]

Training program update

I haven't been strictly following the training program, I did some research on deductions too while being still on observation stage.

I very quickly got confused. So while it is very tempting to dig out every 8 year old deduction blogs and read all their tips and tricks. I should stick with what I can manage. I feel I am more aware and mindful of my surroundings. I have done the note taking exercise. Observing the same place daily is kind of dull but I got considerably fast at collecting information. (half of it was same as yesterday) I catch myself making observations in situation I would have been completely ignorant. I was sad to see all those amazing deduction bloggers go inactive. From what I can observe, the community has mostly died.

[tammyholmeslecter]

☆ Welcome ☆

Tenho 18 anos e estou no 2° semestre de enfermagem, e criei este blog para deixar salvo tudo que vou estudando e descobrindo, e compartilhar com quem se interessar pelo assunto.

Em geral vou postar mais sobre anatomia humana, assunto em que eu sou obcecada desde que me conheço por gente. Também posso postar algo sobre criminologia e/ou ciência forense, que não é algo que eu estudo na faculdade, mas também sou fascinada pelo assunto.

Inclusive, este crânio aí é o meu colga de quarto, Wiggins (sim, seu nome é uma referência a Sherlock Holmes). Deem oi pra ele :)

"I’m Not A Psychopath, Anderson. I’m A High-Functioning Sociopath. Do Your Research." - Sherlock Holmes BBC

[thescienceofdeductionblogs]

The Science of Deduction

Greetings idiots on this website!

Allow me to introduce myself. Although you probably already know who I am, I don't need an introduction. If you do not know me I consider you illiterate. But my dear Watson, @johnhwatsonblogs, is forcing me to write this, so for everyone uneducated on this website:

I am Sherlock Holmes, the one and only consulting detective in the world. Famous for my keen deduction skills, superior intellect, and good looks. I might not be the friendliest, but I get the job done. Who cares about manners if you need to solve a murder? Solving the most baffling cases with my highly honed skills, catching the most devious criminals of all and bringing them to justice. I have dismantled whole criminal networks, recovered state secrets, saved countless lives and brought down the most devious criminal mastermind of all, to name a few of my achievements, if you haven’t been paying attention. I am not only London’s best independent criminal investigator, but according to my international reputation, the world’s best and only consulting detective. I have solved cases all over the world, no crime is too difficult or too far away for me.

I have also contributed to the world of science, publishing papers about my criminal investigation methods, including how to identify 243 types of tobacco ash. Or as I like to call it, the science of deduction. So if you are looking for a place to learn about deduction and science, you are visiting the correct blog. I might share my scientific knowledge with you, allowing you insight into my methods of deduction. So do try to keep up. When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth

If you think you have a mystery that is challenging and thrilling enough to occupy me, do not hesitate to send it my way. Do you require help with a baffling case or a crime no one can solve? A mystery that seems impossible? I am your detective, then. However, be warned that I only take cases that are interesting, any boring requests will be ignored. So go on, try to intellectually engage me, if you can. Send me a mystery, a cypher, a scientific request, an intellectual challenge. Anything to occupy my mind before I set fire to the kitchen. Again. Or worse. 

I hope you are satisfied now, John. 

-Sherlock Holmes, the world's only consulting detective

[thefisherqueen]

I sprang from my chair and limped impatiently about the room with considerable bitterness in my heart. “This is unworthy of you, Holmes,” I said. “I could not have believed that you would have descended to this. You have made inquires into the history of my unhappy brother, and you now pretend to deduce this knowledge in some fanciful way. You cannot expect me to believe that you have read all this from his old watch! It is unkind, and, to speak plainly, has a touch of charlatanism in it.” “My dear doctor,” said he, kindly, “pray accept my apologies. Viewing the matter as an abstract problem, I had forgotten how personal and painful a thing it might be to you. I assure you, however, that I never even knew that you had a brother until you handed me the watch.”

This is such a touching passage. It shows us a piece of Watson's personal history, and his continued pain about it, and shows us as well that while it is true that Sherlock Holmes can get carried away in his work occasionally and then forget to consider other's feelings, he also is able to recognise them very well and apologise for his insensitivity. This has to be a significant point in Watson's and Holmes' relationship

[deducter]

henlo. im afraid you think this is boring and delete it lmfao but DONT ! answer me ! favorite school subject?

Why people use 'lmfao' all the time, what does that supposed to mean?

Anyway, it's chemistry.

[ilovesherlock]

whenever Im bored I try to deduce people like sherlock does and feel like the smartest bitch in the world whenever I get something right

[consult-sherlockholmes]

Just curious how do you employ your deductive methods in every day life(john)

I just observe. It is like a reflex, I cannot shut it off. Just looking at John creates an influx of data and information about his mood, his plans for that day, how he slept, his condition and many other points. His physical state, whether he is in pain, tired or hungry. Whether he had a good night's sleep depending on his posture or tension around his eyes or his shoulders. If he is planning to meet up with someone depending on his choice of clothes and aftershave on special occassions. His gait and movements show whether it is a good day or if he is in any pain. I can tell if he is worried or wants to talk about something by the furrow of his brow. When he keeps checking his phone repeatedly he is waiting for a message, for example when he is concerned about his sister not answering his texts. I can tell what he is thinking about, visible in unconscious movements like twitches, the frequency with which he licks his lips or the direction of his gaze. Whether he craves something when he keeps glancing towards it. The tone of his voice and how talkative he is can show many things. When he is fidgety and barely able to sit still in his chair, it means that he is bored and would like to go out on an adventure. Of course I can deduce many more things but I think I provided more than enough examples. I can deduce John better than anyone else, because I am very familiar with him, have spent so much time with him and analysed his behavioural patterns. Although it took me some time to truly realise what he feels for me, but sentiment is not my area of expertise after all. He is the exception, even concerning my deductions.

[parrotsplayground]

For those in school,

Sitting in the back of the class give you an advantage of starring infinitely at someone,

To observe and deduce.

Although, you should not put deduction above school.

Somewhere in the middle should be good.

[eirinstiva]

“It is as clear as daylight,” I answered. “I regret the injustice which I did you. I should have had more faith in your marvellous faculty. May I ask whether you have any professional inquiry on foot at present?” “None. Hence the cocaine. I cannot live without brain-work. What else is there to live for? Stand at the window here. Was ever such a dreary, dismal, unprofitable world? See how the yellow fog swirls down the street and drifts across the duncolored houses. What could be more hopelessly prosaic and material? What is the use of having powers, doctor, when one has no field upon which to exert them? Crime is commonplace, existence is commonplace, and no qualities save those which are commonplace have any function upon earth.”

Finally we start The Sign of Four and "The Science of Deduction" is so bittersweet. It's nice to see Holmes using his superpowers with the now legendary clock, but at the same time is so sad to see his drug adiction and Watson trying to help him, and is more important considering Watson's personal history. He lost his brother due to alcohol, and now he don't want to lose Holmes.

[letmexplor]

Starting Science of Deduction: A quick guide

Problems you might face

It is hard to hold so many facts in your head

You are not in a habit to observe. You often forget to be observant.

You are trying to jump to conclusions which is dangerous to do with incomplete information

My Suggestions

Use it to Learn it

By it's nature, Observation and deduction is something you do. Not something you read. Avoid the trap of finding the best book on observation, deduction, memory instead find ways to use it in your daily life.

There are an amazing number of applications of the skill of observation. To start out, observe your room, your house, workplace/college/school, public transport, a walk in the neighborhood. It can be anything. I have mentioned it before It will be really hard to hold the information and build a habit of observing. Don't worry too much about it right now. Just remind yourself to observe, you can even set a reminder every 1-2 hour to observe.

Skillsets

Science of Deduction is a vast topic. It gets overwhelming just to figure out what you are dealing with. So here are some basic skillsets you require

Observation - focus on making observation a second nature. you can do it simply by doing it. There is more to it but we can figure it out later

Memory - You want 1. RETAIN more information 2. RECALL the information quickly. This is not something you can train overnight. Do your research, but not too much. It will just confuse you. There are really only 2 principles at the core of all memory techniques - 1. We retain more information if we associate it with existing information 2. We are better at remember Images than text or numbers. So convert information into images. (if that don't make sense, that's not a problem. It will after you have done your own research on memory)

Logical reasoning - This is really the Deduction part of the skill. It is actually Deduction, Induction, abduction. These are methods to draw conclusions from given information. Firstly, everyone has basic level of logic but you can improve it further by Practice and simple understanding of methods and laws. (In my opinion, you don't need to when starting out. You will feel the need to do it when the time is right for you)

Knowledge - This is a hard one to teach. Because really every information is useful information. If you know the price of that new car, You can deduce.. how much the owner paid for it. it seems obvious but it wouldn't be if you didn't know the price of that new car. Notice I don't want you to deduce the pay grade of the owner just based on that new car because it is not enough information. Always be aware of jumping to conclusions. So, be on the lookout for useful information.

Expectations

Everyone wants to start off with amazing observational skills and make some crazy deductions. But when you really dive into it, It is hard just to practice observation all the time. Understand that it is a long process and also there is no hurry. Build the habit of observation, everything will start to fall in place.

[theghoulboysblog]

OMG I JUST GOT A TEXT SAYING I MADE IT TO STATE FOR FORENSIC SCIENCE!!! 😭

I took a test and my grade was good enough to qualify me!!! I GET TO GO EVALUATE A FAKE CRIME SCENE AND POSSIBLY GO TO NATIONALS IF MY CRIME SCENE EVALUATION IS GOOD ENOUGH!!! 😭