The one place where this is most applicable is with computers and math problems, but it can can apply with information collecting as well. Can’t find your target? What’s another way that you could get the information that he has? His lieutenants? His email account? If the book you need has been checked out, or you can’t seem to find what you need in a book, think of other related subjects. Seek them out. Perhaps what you need will be adjacent. When Sherlock makes a deduction, do you think he notices one detail and divines everything he can from it at once? No, of course not. What would happen if he couldn’t figure anything out? He picks a first detail, and if nothing comes from it, he changes his attention until the first piece makes sense and he solves the person.
-The BSI
Anonymous asked: [SMS,11:30]Might want to look into this. I found it in the skip out back. Morse, obviously, but I'm a tad rusty.-Jess [SMS, 11:31] - --- -. .. --. .... - .-.-.- / -- ..- ... . ..- -- / --- ..-. / -. .- - ..- .-. .- .-.. / .... .. ... - --- .-. -.-- .-.-.-
Preposterous. The British Museum is in far better taste.
-Wiggins
Wiggins, you hate art.
-AH
So what? I hate natural history more.
-Wiggins
(I’ve hit 100! Next step, 221! (Right, it took over a year to get this far.))
If you have something in a book (that’s yours!) that you think is especially significant, use a sticky tab to mark the page and highlight the significant sentences. Color coding can be useful when using this.
It might seem like a lot of work every time you find something that you think is important, but it will save loads of time in the long run.
-The BSi
Cramming is really awful: it affects your memory, and not in a positive way. It tires you out, jumbles up the information in your brain, and in all circumstances will worsen your performance on your exam, or Jeopardy, or whatever.
-The BSI
(I’ll be mostly posting study-ish tips for the next couple weeks, since that is naturally what’s on my mind.
Also, last single-digit post
-AH)
AHAHAHAHAHA AAAAA AHAHAHAHA AHAHAHA
OKAY
PLEASE TELL THAT TO MY A’s———-
For real, though.
http://tdlc.ucsd.edu/educators/educators_ask_the_scientist_kang.html
http://www.stanford.edu/~eryilmaz/cramming_is_ineffective.html
http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/01/24/new-research-shows-testing-not-cramming-key-to-learning/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8059860.stm
A few people at the bottom of that last link seems to agree with you, but statistically it’s really quite inadvisable. If it works for you, fantastic, but the statistics as well as the psychology do not support cramming.
yeah it works for me, it works for a lot of people. When you post declarative statements like this, you’re failing to realize that a large number of people succeed this way. I responded to an image that was a fallacy to me, expect that when you assert yourself as the king’s authority on something I guess.
wow I sounded super bitchy, read that super lightly
I understand your point and I do indeed have a disclaimer, which states that everything relies on my own personal experience.
So, yes, a large number of people do succeed through cramming. But think of studying as something like training for a sport: methods get better and better, so times get faster and faster. People who train the traditional way can still win olympic medals, but the time of even a serious interscholastic athlete is likely to get better when they implement the findings of new research.
You are an old olympian: your methods work well for you, and you’ll stick to them, but the high school athletes can gain a new competitive edge.
-AH
Cramming is really awful: it affects your memory, and not in a positive way. It tires you out, jumbles up the information in your brain, and in all circumstances will worsen your performance on your exam, or Jeopardy, or whatever.
-The BSI
(I’ll be mostly posting study-ish tips for the next couple weeks, since that is naturally what’s on my mind.
Also, last single-digit post
-AH)
AHAHAHAHAHA AAAAA AHAHAHAHA AHAHAHA
OKAY
PLEASE TELL THAT TO MY A’s
———-
For real, though.
http://tdlc.ucsd.edu/educators/educators_ask_the_scientist_kang.html
http://www.stanford.edu/~eryilmaz/cramming_is_ineffective.html
http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/01/24/new-research-shows-testing-not-cramming-key-to-learning/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8059860.stm
A few people at the bottom of that last link seems to agree with you, but statistically it’s really quite inadvisable. If it works for you, fantastic, but the statistics as well as the psychology do not support cramming.
Cramming is really awful: it affects your memory, and not in a positive way. It tires you out, jumbles up the information in your brain, and in all circumstances will worsen your performance on your exam, or Jeopardy, or whatever.
-The BSI
(I’ll be mostly posting study-ish tips for the next couple weeks, since that is naturally what’s on my mind.
Also, last single-digit post
-AH)
Anonymous asked: Other than digitising collections, do you have any advice for an aspiring minimalist that doesn't want to collect physical items, so can't have large collections of books and index cards? Are library systems the same worldwide? Other than a google account, do you have any recommendations for sites that are useful for collecting information?
There is nowhere to keep collections except in the physical world or online, unless you’re like to put them in storage or keep them at someone else’s house. You can make your index cards fairly minimalist by just putting down call numbers of books you think will be useful. You can fill a few boxes that way, but they won’t take up much space.
The DDC is international. There are some 195 countries in the world, so not everyone uses it, but the majority of developed nations do.
Instapaper is a good resource. Does anyone know any other good sites that bookmark webpages?
-The BSI
Edit: We can’t vouch for any of these except Instapaper, but they’re all similar.
Anonymous asked: How does one cultivate an environment that lends itself to learning? I've tried decluttering my room as much as I can, but I think all the objects related to my 'everyday life' distract me. How do I gear my life towards education, and avoid procrastination?
Minimalism is the best way to do these things. What do you really need every single day, and what can you keep out of sight? Everything that you don’t need on a daily basis can be put in a closet, armoire, or dresser, and leave everything that you use regularly (phone, laptop, textbooks, calculator, bag or purse et cetera) lying out.
It’s good to discipline yourself regarding your work ethic. If you find yourself on Twitter or Tumblr when you should be doing your work, find the willpower to drop what it is you’re doing and focus on what is important.
Put everything away once you’ve used it. You’ll find that this is the best way to keep the clutter from dominating your life.
-The BSI
I find that I’m more motivated to study when I leave my books out, because they become a constant reminder that I still have work to do.
-AH
Anonymous asked: How are resources that cover more than one subject or discipline organised into such a system?
Ideally, you’d file it twice, or file it once in one place and then stick a placeholder in the other location directing the researcher to the information that they need.
-The BSI
Anonymous asked: How would you file information? eg. by subject, then sub-groups, and keep everything in topic-based sections, or alphabetised, or some other standardised grouping?
We generally use something a little like the Dewey Decimal System - first very wide, general topics, like Applied Sciences. Then, more specific topics within that category, and alphabetised within that topic. It gives you the ability to use your information quickly, but simultaneously allows others to understand what you’re doing and find something in it as well. Sometimes if we can’t have an attendant waiting to find something for Sherlock when he needs it, he has to be able to deduce where it is quickly. Using clear labels, as well as a system that makes sense, is the best way to allow for flexibility in that regard.
-The BSI
