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Are there college-educated people who don't get the logic of the contrapositive?

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Angry preventive strike location
  03/18/17
ask your local gender/ethnic studies department graduates
Motley Rusted Whorehouse Jewess
  03/18/17
probably like 80%
Talking Aggressive Parlor
  03/18/17
That must be an exaggeration
Angry preventive strike location
  03/18/17
you greatly overestimate college graduates
Motley Rusted Whorehouse Jewess
  03/18/17
I've literally taught them. they don't know shit
Talking Aggressive Parlor
  03/18/17
can you explain your experience with trying to teach it to t...
cheese-eating very tactful weed whacker
  03/18/17
they understand it perfectly when you explain it to them. bu...
Talking Aggressive Parlor
  03/18/17
They are generally more confused by the equivalency between ...
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Angry preventive strike location
  03/18/17
tons. I would literally drill it into them like a cult chan...
impressive carnelian macaca
  03/18/17
What do you mean by "get it"?
titillating point
  03/18/17
That it's logically valid.
electric stage cumskin
  03/18/17
You mean that the contrapositive of a true conditional state...
titillating point
  03/18/17
don't get it like not capable of understanding it when it's ...
Vivacious Gas Station
  03/18/17
either not get it when explained or do get it when explained...
cheese-eating very tactful weed whacker
  03/18/17
what's that?
ebony theater stage
  03/18/17
Read In the basement of the ivory tower. actual retards get...
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cheese-eating very tactful weed whacker
  04/27/17
Most college grads don't.
Glittery circlehead goal in life
  04/27/17
explain
cheese-eating very tactful weed whacker
  04/28/17
You need to have an IQ of around 115 to grasp formal logic. ...
Glittery circlehead goal in life
  04/28/17
read this as "logic of the contraceptive"
aromatic fighting set son of senegal
  04/27/17
As a former LSAT instructor I'd say 80% can it up quickly en...
Fuchsia trip psychic
  04/28/17
Just use unnecessary and insufficient to help explain then.
Ultramarine Telephone
  04/28/17
but can they apply it consistently to increasingly abstract ...
cheese-eating very tactful weed whacker
  04/28/17
first, you are dealing with people who are smarter than aver...
yellow crackhouse
  04/28/17
(guy still DEVASTATED by necessary vs sufficient questions)
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Date: March 18th, 2017 3:47 PM
Author: Angry preventive strike location



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Date: March 18th, 2017 3:48 PM
Author: Motley Rusted Whorehouse Jewess

ask your local gender/ethnic studies department graduates

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3557069&forum_id=2#32860237)



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Date: March 18th, 2017 3:49 PM
Author: Talking Aggressive Parlor

probably like 80%

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3557069&forum_id=2#32860246)



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Date: March 18th, 2017 3:54 PM
Author: Angry preventive strike location

That must be an exaggeration

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3557069&forum_id=2#32860271)



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Date: March 18th, 2017 3:55 PM
Author: Motley Rusted Whorehouse Jewess

you greatly overestimate college graduates

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3557069&forum_id=2#32860274)



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Date: March 18th, 2017 4:20 PM
Author: Talking Aggressive Parlor

I've literally taught them. they don't know shit

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3557069&forum_id=2#32860432)



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Date: March 18th, 2017 5:01 PM
Author: cheese-eating very tactful weed whacker

can you explain your experience with trying to teach it to them? what issue do they have with the logic?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3557069&forum_id=2#32860674)



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Date: March 18th, 2017 6:50 PM
Author: Talking Aggressive Parlor

they understand it perfectly when you explain it to them. but if it comes up in the wild, forget about it

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3557069&forum_id=2#32861332)



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Date: March 18th, 2017 3:50 PM
Author: ruby concupiscible gaming laptop stag film

They are generally more confused by the equivalency between converse and inverse

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3557069&forum_id=2#32860254)



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Date: March 18th, 2017 4:19 PM
Author: Angry preventive strike location



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3557069&forum_id=2#32860425)



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Date: March 18th, 2017 5:42 PM
Author: Angry preventive strike location



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3557069&forum_id=2#32860937)



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Date: March 18th, 2017 5:59 PM
Author: impressive carnelian macaca

tons. I would literally drill it into them like a cult chant when I taught it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3557069&forum_id=2#32861064)



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Date: March 18th, 2017 6:01 PM
Author: titillating point

What do you mean by "get it"?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3557069&forum_id=2#32861081)



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Date: March 18th, 2017 6:05 PM
Author: electric stage cumskin

That it's logically valid.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3557069&forum_id=2#32861108)



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Date: March 18th, 2017 6:06 PM
Author: titillating point

You mean that the contrapositive of a true conditional statement is always true?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3557069&forum_id=2#32861116)



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Date: March 18th, 2017 6:07 PM
Author: Vivacious Gas Station

don't get it like not capable of understanding it when it's explained? or like they come out of college, graduating and aren't familiar with it?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3557069&forum_id=2#32861123)



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Date: March 18th, 2017 7:34 PM
Author: cheese-eating very tactful weed whacker

either not get it when explained or do get it when explained, but not able to apply it to statements whose logic does not correlate to any real-life situation.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3557069&forum_id=2#32861648)



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Date: March 18th, 2017 7:06 PM
Author: ebony theater stage

what's that?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3557069&forum_id=2#32861443)



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Date: March 18th, 2017 7:08 PM
Author: Floppy canary menage persian

Read In the basement of the ivory tower. actual retards get college degrees, bro.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3557069&forum_id=2#32861460)



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Date: March 18th, 2017 11:58 PM
Author: cheese-eating very tactful weed whacker



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3557069&forum_id=2#32863514)



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Date: March 19th, 2017 1:13 AM
Author: cheese-eating very tactful weed whacker



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3557069&forum_id=2#32864062)



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Date: March 19th, 2017 10:52 AM
Author: cheese-eating very tactful weed whacker



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3557069&forum_id=2#32865145)



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Date: March 19th, 2017 11:09 AM
Author: Ruddy Deer Antler Background Story



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3557069&forum_id=2#32865235)



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Date: March 19th, 2017 6:23 PM
Author: cheese-eating very tactful weed whacker



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3557069&forum_id=2#32868476)



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Date: March 19th, 2017 6:24 PM
Author: big piazza

tmf

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3557069&forum_id=2#32868488)



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Date: March 22nd, 2017 3:40 PM
Author: cheese-eating very tactful weed whacker



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3557069&forum_id=2#32890290)



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Date: April 14th, 2017 1:26 AM
Author: cheese-eating very tactful weed whacker



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3557069&forum_id=2#33070179)



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Date: April 27th, 2017 11:46 PM
Author: cheese-eating very tactful weed whacker



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3557069&forum_id=2#33181541)



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Date: April 27th, 2017 11:53 PM
Author: Glittery circlehead goal in life

Most college grads don't.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3557069&forum_id=2#33181585)



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Date: April 28th, 2017 12:12 AM
Author: cheese-eating very tactful weed whacker

explain

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3557069&forum_id=2#33181727)



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Date: April 28th, 2017 12:15 AM
Author: Glittery circlehead goal in life

You need to have an IQ of around 115 to grasp formal logic. The median college grad IQ is lower. QED.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3557069&forum_id=2#33181738)



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Date: April 27th, 2017 11:59 PM
Author: aromatic fighting set son of senegal

read this as "logic of the contraceptive"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3557069&forum_id=2#33181634)



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Date: April 28th, 2017 12:15 AM
Author: Fuchsia trip psychic

As a former LSAT instructor I'd say 80% can it up quickly enough when you explain it to them. They are DEVASTATED by necessary vs sufficient conditions.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3557069&forum_id=2#33181742)



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Date: April 28th, 2017 12:17 AM
Author: Ultramarine Telephone

Just use unnecessary and insufficient to help explain then.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3557069&forum_id=2#33181755)



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Date: April 28th, 2017 12:21 AM
Author: cheese-eating very tactful weed whacker

but can they apply it consistently to increasingly abstract situations?

how did they do on those grouping games with chains of conditional statements?

also describe the DEVASTATION

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3557069&forum_id=2#33181773)



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Date: April 28th, 2017 12:27 AM
Author: yellow crackhouse

first, you are dealing with people who are smarter than average college students if you are an lsat instructor.

second, you didn't say how many got it before you explained it

third, i'd like to hear more about your n vs s stuff

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3557069&forum_id=2#33181802)



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Date: May 21st, 2017 3:36 PM
Author: bistre insanely creepy indirect expression corner

(guy still DEVASTATED by necessary vs sufficient questions)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3557069&forum_id=2#33359479)



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Date: May 21st, 2017 3:35 PM
Author: bistre insanely creepy indirect expression corner



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3557069&forum_id=2#33359469)



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Date: April 28th, 2017 12:46 AM
Author: cheese-eating very tactful weed whacker



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3557069&forum_id=2#33181919)



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Date: April 28th, 2017 8:06 AM
Author: cheese-eating very tactful weed whacker



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3557069&forum_id=2#33182675)



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Date: April 28th, 2017 8:20 AM
Author: cheese-eating very tactful weed whacker



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3557069&forum_id=2#33182732)



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Date: April 28th, 2017 9:48 AM
Author: cheese-eating very tactful weed whacker



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3557069&forum_id=2#33183130)



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Date: April 28th, 2017 2:18 PM
Author: cheese-eating very tactful weed whacker



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3557069&forum_id=2#33185399)



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Date: May 21st, 2017 3:23 PM
Author: cheese-eating very tactful weed whacker



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3557069&forum_id=2#33359387)



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Date: June 15th, 2017 8:39 PM
Author: cheese-eating very tactful weed whacker



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3557069&forum_id=2#33568398)