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You know those crime investigation walls they use in TV detective/mystery programs?

posted 7 months ago by brux (14666)
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You know the ones where they pin and tape and tack sticky noted up on a wall and connect then with pins and string to solve a mystery? They seem to be all over the place now.

Does anyone know if anyone really does this, or is it just a thing they do in TV and movies to lay things out for the viewer?

If it is a real thing, do you know how they work? What is the procedure for setting one up and what are the rules for using it?

[–] KLPE (525) 7 months ago

It's widely used by many. There are no rules, really.

A mind map is a diagram used to visually organize information into a hierarchy, showing relationships among pieces of the whole.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_map

[–] PaladinNJ (20357) 7 months ago

They are real. It's a brainstorming tool. We use them in engineering as well.

[–] Bloodshot77 (9938) 7 months ago

What bothers me more is news paper articles pinned to the board. Like who actually does that?

Signed, million man.

[–] moviechatterer (13531) 7 months ago

What bothers me is that I would have thought that any sufficiently complicated scenario would quickly require the board to be 3d rather than 2d if all the links between items are to be shown logically