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

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razzle-dazzle orchestra pit french chef
  03/18/17
ask your local gender/ethnic studies department graduates
Hilarious hateful idea he suggested jew
  03/18/17
probably like 80%
khaki up-to-no-good legend
  03/18/17
That must be an exaggeration
razzle-dazzle orchestra pit french chef
  03/18/17
you greatly overestimate college graduates
Hilarious hateful idea he suggested jew
  03/18/17
I've literally taught them. they don't know shit
khaki up-to-no-good legend
  03/18/17
can you explain your experience with trying to teach it to t...
Lavender garrison mediation
  03/18/17
they understand it perfectly when you explain it to them. bu...
khaki up-to-no-good legend
  03/18/17
They are generally more confused by the equivalency between ...
Naked Bearded Space
  03/18/17
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razzle-dazzle orchestra pit french chef
  03/18/17
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razzle-dazzle orchestra pit french chef
  03/18/17
tons. I would literally drill it into them like a cult chan...
Floppy bossy spot ape
  03/18/17
What do you mean by "get it"?
sooty bateful fat ankles
  03/18/17
That it's logically valid.
deranged drab faggot firefighter
  03/18/17
You mean that the contrapositive of a true conditional state...
sooty bateful fat ankles
  03/18/17
don't get it like not capable of understanding it when it's ...
copper mental disorder boistinker
  03/18/17
either not get it when explained or do get it when explained...
Lavender garrison mediation
  03/18/17
what's that?
Dun heady step-uncle's house legal warrant
  03/18/17
Read In the basement of the ivory tower. actual retards get...
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Buff becky
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Lavender garrison mediation
  03/19/17
tmf
Histrionic Narrow-minded Lodge Stock Car
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  03/22/17
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Lavender garrison mediation
  04/27/17
Most college grads don't.
Sapphire effete base
  04/27/17
explain
Lavender garrison mediation
  04/28/17
You need to have an IQ of around 115 to grasp formal logic. ...
Sapphire effete base
  04/28/17
read this as "logic of the contraceptive"
Marvelous Medicated Jewess
  04/27/17
As a former LSAT instructor I'd say 80% can it up quickly en...
passionate persian
  04/28/17
Just use unnecessary and insufficient to help explain then.
puce point boltzmann
  04/28/17
but can they apply it consistently to increasingly abstract ...
Lavender garrison mediation
  04/28/17
first, you are dealing with people who are smarter than aver...
at-the-ready bat shit crazy sex offender hall
  04/28/17
(guy still DEVASTATED by necessary vs sufficient questions)
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Date: March 18th, 2017 3:47 PM
Author: razzle-dazzle orchestra pit french chef



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3557069&forum_id=2#32860235)



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Date: March 18th, 2017 3:48 PM
Author: Hilarious hateful idea he suggested jew

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: khaki up-to-no-good legend

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: razzle-dazzle orchestra pit french chef

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: Hilarious hateful idea he suggested jew

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: khaki up-to-no-good legend

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: Lavender garrison mediation

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: khaki up-to-no-good legend

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: Naked Bearded Space

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: razzle-dazzle orchestra pit french chef



(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: razzle-dazzle orchestra pit french chef



(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: Floppy bossy spot ape

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: sooty bateful fat ankles

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: deranged drab faggot firefighter

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: sooty bateful fat ankles

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: copper mental disorder boistinker

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: Lavender garrison mediation

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: Dun heady step-uncle's house legal warrant

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: Very tactful site

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: Lavender garrison mediation



(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: Lavender garrison mediation



(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: Lavender garrison mediation



(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: Buff becky



(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: Lavender garrison mediation



(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: Histrionic Narrow-minded Lodge Stock Car

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: Lavender garrison mediation



(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: Lavender garrison mediation



(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: Lavender garrison mediation



(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: Sapphire effete base

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: Lavender garrison mediation

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: Sapphire effete base

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: Marvelous Medicated Jewess

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: passionate persian

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: puce point boltzmann

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: Lavender garrison mediation

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: at-the-ready bat shit crazy sex offender hall

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: Arrogant parlour

(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: Arrogant parlour



(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: Lavender garrison mediation



(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: Lavender garrison mediation



(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: Lavender garrison mediation



(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: Lavender garrison mediation



(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: Lavender garrison mediation



(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: Lavender garrison mediation



(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: Lavender garrison mediation



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