Socratic Method, Image-Streaming + related stuff alone?

[Rivelli]

To anyone else that is familiar with the related techniques, I find most of the articles on it at Project Renaissance. I do not use the techniques nearly as much as I would like because it seems to me that pretty much all of them want to have a partner to listen to your perceptions. I get the feeling that more than a couple of people run into the issue of not having the convenience of a partner to do this kind of stuff with. On top of that, I do pretty much all of my studying alone. Does anyone know of a method to do this kind of stuff alone? It would be much more productive for me if there is one. I would simply talk to myself, a recorder or a stuffed animal for that matter if I thought it worked. It feels kinda weird to do that so I don't since I have no idea if it works nearly as much or at all than with a partner. I also live in a house that has hollow walls so people would think I'm crazy. Thats part of the reason I feel weird about it but if I was sure the methods worked as good (or close to) as with a partner then I wouldn't care about the weird feeling since it comes from uncertainty. What do you guys think?

[Swede]

Maybe you could form a study group? Or maybe you could use Skype and talk live to someone? Or text based chat utilitites like Windows Messenger?

Do not worry about the particular methods works or not. Try them! In any case you will learn a lot, whatever the subject, simply by discussing it with someone else. Good articles, by the way.

[Rivelli]

not productive enough for me. i have tried getting friends and other people involved in what i am interested in. i dont know if I get too deep, random hours, or who knows or cares for that matter. i want to rely only on my brain. i personally believe that talking to no one as if someone was there is good enough if taken seriously. I think I will go a step further and combine a few different methods and skills together.

Similar to Nikola Tesla, I will have a world in my head and everything in it along with friends that I could explain everything to. I also want to make sure I get higher quality memory, cognitive skills and other similar skills. Doing everything in my head seems to be the most efficient way to do this for me.

Ill let you guys know how it works out for me.

[Brutha]

Similar to Nikola Tesla, I will have a world in my head and everything in it along with friends that I could explain everything to. I also want to make sure I get higher quality memory, cognitive skills and other similar skills. Doing everything in my head seems to be the most efficient way to do this for me.

Even when you don't have someone who listens to you, saying the things out loud is still very effective, because it forces you to order your thoughts.
It also activates a few rain regions that don't get activated when you only speak in your head.

[Rivelli]

Thats interesting because it seems very similar when "speaking" in my head as opposed the real thing. Perhaps I will be doing a lot of speaking out loud as well. Thanks.

[eblight]

Just been reading the book "The Da Vinci Method" by Garret Loporto in which he talks about Image Streaming and the Socratic Method. You can certainly do Image Streaming by yourself it would seem.