Chapter 1 · Notice Before You Decide
Lesson 1 · Notice Carefully
The Wet Road Mystery
See why one observation can support several possible explanations.
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Lesson 1 · Notice Carefully
See why one observation can support several possible explanations.
Click to zoomIllustration supporting What do you actually know?You step outside on a sunny morning and the road is wet. Your mind may instantly say, It rained. But the wet road is an observation; rain is only one possible explanation.
A water tanker may have passed. A shopkeeper may have washed the pavement. A pipe may be leaking. Rain is possible too. Strong thinkers keep several explanations open until evidence removes them.
Write I noticed… for facts your senses could record. Write I think… for explanations, opinions or guesses.
Look at a room, street or photograph for one minute. Record five observations without explaining them. Then write three possible explanations for one observation.
Which sentence is an observation?
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