If you're unfamiliar with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Holmes, you're missing out on both a classic series of novels that will undoubtedly make you think, as well as a number of cult-classic films and television series. Holmes, it seems, is a thinker that has inspired generations with his wit, creativity, and intelligence.
But how well does a fictional character with remarkable intellect such as Holmes relate to us? According to Konnikova, we can all learn to think like Holmes, whether we're creative geniuses and unfathomably intelligent, or whether we're just an average thinker who occasionally likes to pursue the sporadic day dream.e, or how to come up with better ideas.
As it turns out: you don't have to be remarkably intelligent to be creative, you just have to know how to use the intellect you've got to produce ideas. Specifically, there are three ways to see this process through
