Chances are, part of the reason you want to learn deduction is to impress people. Even if that wasn't it, it's fun to freak people out sometimes. Here are 5 ways to do that; use at your own risk. If you think your target will react negatively, don't do it!
1. Attempt to figure out which hand they write with, then ask. It's a really unusual question that most people don't get asked very often. If you were right, then explain your reasoning, if you were wrong, explain your attempted reasoning. People generally find this kind of interesting.
2. Learn how to do one of those card tricks that involves lie detection. This time, don't explain your reasoning. (In the one I know, ask somebody to tell you an obvious truth, then an obvious lie. Note the "tells" that mean they're lying. Ask them to pick a card and remember it. Shuffle the deck, then pick up the cards and ask them questions and stuff, remembering the tells. I've never tried this, but I've seen it done in real life and on this National Geographic show called Brain Games. Seemed cool.)
3. When in a public place with somebody, just observe stuff. Don't even make complicated deductions. Just talk about the world around you. "There's a bird in the dark corner of that roof ornamentation!" "I wonder why that fence is open; obviously nobody is using it because there are no footprints or tracks going through it and it's snowing." People will generally be at least a bit pleased, if not totally impressed.
4. Based on something in somebody's personality, imagine what they were like when they were younger. This is less deductive and more imaginative, but base your ideas on their current actions. Ask them a question about this. It's pretty shocking.
5. Deduce peoples' interests based on their possessions. People will often forget that they are carrying their French book or wearing their lacrosse jacket. Point it out, so they don't think you were following them or anything.
More of these will come as I post more related deductions!
Signing off,
SM
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