I mentioned before that I like to take walks and listen to podcasts. I haven’t done that in a while, mostly because the weather hasn’t been good when I was in the mood for a walk. But today I walked and listened to a fascinating interview with Maria Konnikova, author of a new book called Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes.

Since today is the first day that I even heard of this book, I haven’t read it. But it does sound interesting.

There is a tremendous interest in Sherlock Holmes. Of course the stories. But several adaptions to TV and movies as well. Holmes is well known for his reasoning and observation powers. Other than that, he is quite ordinary. Unlike many fictional heros he has no superpowers. So maybe we all can aspire to be more like him in being able to observe and reason.

It is a interesting interview. It is on Point of Inquiry so check it out if interested. Or you may want to see Maria Konnikova’s blog. Or just click the book picture to take you to Amazon where you can read about the book and maybe buy the book if it sounds good to you.