In all honesty, the only majors I could think of would be criminology. I suppose some law school, but not enough to become a lawyer I imagine.
I don't really want to become a lawyer or detective, but I do want to significantly increase my deductive reasoning skills.
Do you have any tips? Articles, tests, etc., or ideas for classes I should take to increase this type of skill? I'm interested in the skill itself, not any sort of career. I am still much more highly motivated by a Computer Science degree. Anyways, ideas?
Feb 24 2011, 5:54 am
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ExPixel
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Lol, my English teacher went to law school for that exact reason. He didn't want to be a lawyer so he just didn't take the bar exam...
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For the MCATs I have to answer a lot of deductive reasoning questions, along with other verbal reasoning questions. My tutor encouraged me to to pick up The Economist. Might help you out, if not it's still interesting.
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You could take a logic class. I took one, it was pretty fun.
Also, this might be a good experience: http://projecteuler.net/ | |
Criminology doesn't require deductive skills, don't believe what you see in the movies. A good detective is a lucky, persistent detective, and if you try to Holmes your way out of a case you won't get very far.
That said, there is no way to increase deductive skills. You can improve in a particular area (math theorems, for example) by learning patterns of reasoning, but your raw skill remains the same. | |
Then, rephrased:
"I would like to train myself to think deductively and logically with better accuracy than I currently have." | |
Get brain pills or something. Hope they make your brain larger. Otherwise you'd have to stick to a specific field of deduction, such as maths.
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