The Lab · Workshop 01 · Foundation
See Like a Scientist
Five steps. About 25 minutes. Up to 7 stars. The constellation you're building is called First Observation.
The Lab · Workshop 01 · Foundation
Five steps. About 25 minutes. Up to 7 stars. The constellation you're building is called First Observation.
A scientist is not someone who knows more. A scientist is someone who looks longer.
Most people see what they expect to see. A scientist trains the opposite habit: stop, look, and name what is actually happening — even when it doesn't match the prediction in your head.
Real observation has three moves. Stop — long enough that you actually see, not glance. Look — with all the senses, not just sight. Name — in plain words, what is here, in what amount, doing what.
By the end of this workshop you'll have observed one ordinary thing the way a scientist would — and written down what you saw that everyone else walked past.
That's the warm-up. When you've actually read it — not skimmed — tap below.
Pick all that are observations — not opinions or guesses.
Click the move on the left, then what it gives you.
A leaf, a drinking glass, your own hand, a window, an ice cube. Stay with it. Don't pick a new thing. Write 5 specific observations — not feelings, not guesses.
Stuck? Try your own hand. How many lines cross your palm? Which knuckle is biggest? Where is the lightest spot of skin? Where is the darkest? Which fingernail is shortest?
One sentence.