Episode 23: Hey Sherlock, Why Is Deductive Reasoning So Difficult?

Send us Fan MailIn this episode, April can't decide whether to pronounce "deductive" as "DEE-duk-tiv" or "de-DUK-tive," so she just switches back and forth between them to see if anyone notices. Episode 23 Show Notes:Why Sherlock Holmes is more an inductive than a deductive kind of guy:https://medium.com/@daniellekkincaid/the-sherlock-holmes-conundrum-or-the-difference-between-deductive-and-inductive-reasoning-ec1eb2686112http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/5306/1/Holmes.pdf Some good basic information about deductive reasoning:https://www.criticalthinking.com/articles/induction-vs.-deductionhttp://www2.fairmontstate.edu/users/ffidura/cogpsy/cpthnkng.htmlhttps://www.livescience.com/21569-deduction-vs-induction.htmlhttps://examples.yourdictionary.com/deductive-reasoning-examples.htmlJesse Martin’s LinkedIn blogpost about the importance of deductive reasoning:https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/science-learning-deductive-reasoning-jesse-martinMy evidence (for the example syllogism) that Japanese has a homogeneous population and everyone there speaks Japanese:https://www.studycountry.com/guide/JP-language.htm#:~:text=Ethnically%2C%20culturally%20and%20linguistically%2C%20Japan,Japanese%20as%20their%20first%20language.My support for the claim (in my other example) that not all people who are in favor of public health options are socialists:https://morningconsult.com/2021/03/24/medicare-for-all-public-option-polling/ Job websites recognize the necessity for good deductive reasoning skills in the workplace:https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/career-development/improve-deductive-reasoning-skillshttps://www.indeed.com/career-advice/career-development/deductive-skillshttps://www.glassdoor.com/blog/guide/deductive-reasoning/ The research that shows most of us can do deductive reasoning:https://digest.bps.org.uk/2008/12/11/sudoku-puzzles-show-were-all-capable-of-deductive-reasoning/ What’s going on in your brain when you do puzzles? Read these:https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/brain-workout/200904/puzzles-and-the-brainhttps://www.rd.com/article/what-happens-to-your-brain-when-do-a-puzzle/ Some fun/frustrating logic puzzles:https://parade.com/970343/parade/logic-puzzles/https://www.rd.com/articl