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

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Harsh rusted piazza
  03/18/17
ask your local gender/ethnic studies department graduates
Vivacious Sex Offender Forum
  03/18/17
probably like 80%
grizzly juggernaut becky
  03/18/17
That must be an exaggeration
Harsh rusted piazza
  03/18/17
you greatly overestimate college graduates
Vivacious Sex Offender Forum
  03/18/17
I've literally taught them. they don't know shit
grizzly juggernaut becky
  03/18/17
can you explain your experience with trying to teach it to t...
rose principal's office sneaky criminal
  03/18/17
they understand it perfectly when you explain it to them. bu...
grizzly juggernaut becky
  03/18/17
They are generally more confused by the equivalency between ...
trip heaven
  03/18/17
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  03/18/17
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Harsh rusted piazza
  03/18/17
tons. I would literally drill it into them like a cult chan...
Aphrodisiac judgmental school cafeteria striped hyena
  03/18/17
What do you mean by "get it"?
Azure cuckold jewess
  03/18/17
That it's logically valid.
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  03/18/17
You mean that the contrapositive of a true conditional state...
Azure cuckold jewess
  03/18/17
don't get it like not capable of understanding it when it's ...
low-t bisexual doctorate old irish cottage
  03/18/17
either not get it when explained or do get it when explained...
rose principal's office sneaky criminal
  03/18/17
what's that?
provocative crystalline cruise ship
  03/18/17
Read In the basement of the ivory tower. actual retards get...
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  03/19/17
tmf
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rose principal's office sneaky criminal
  04/27/17
Most college grads don't.
brindle laughsome coffee pot
  04/27/17
explain
rose principal's office sneaky criminal
  04/28/17
You need to have an IQ of around 115 to grasp formal logic. ...
brindle laughsome coffee pot
  04/28/17
read this as "logic of the contraceptive"
garnet dashing background story
  04/27/17
As a former LSAT instructor I'd say 80% can it up quickly en...
claret territorial rehab
  04/28/17
Just use unnecessary and insufficient to help explain then.
Stimulating National Security Agency Son Of Senegal
  04/28/17
but can they apply it consistently to increasingly abstract ...
rose principal's office sneaky criminal
  04/28/17
first, you are dealing with people who are smarter than aver...
Impressive Pit Party Of The First Part
  04/28/17
(guy still DEVASTATED by necessary vs sufficient questions)
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Date: March 18th, 2017 3:47 PM
Author: Harsh rusted piazza



(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: Vivacious Sex Offender Forum

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: grizzly juggernaut becky

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: Harsh rusted piazza

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: Vivacious Sex Offender Forum

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: grizzly juggernaut becky

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: rose principal's office sneaky criminal

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: grizzly juggernaut becky

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: trip heaven

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: Harsh rusted piazza



(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: Harsh rusted piazza



(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: Aphrodisiac judgmental school cafeteria striped hyena

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: Azure cuckold jewess

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: Light Dopamine Tanning Salon

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: Azure cuckold jewess

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: low-t bisexual doctorate old irish cottage

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: rose principal's office sneaky criminal

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: provocative crystalline cruise ship

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: Cerise vigorous resort clown

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: rose principal's office sneaky criminal



(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: rose principal's office sneaky criminal



(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: rose principal's office sneaky criminal



(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: Gaped Violet Mental Disorder



(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: rose principal's office sneaky criminal



(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: racy gaping jew

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: rose principal's office sneaky criminal



(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: rose principal's office sneaky criminal



(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: rose principal's office sneaky criminal



(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: brindle laughsome coffee pot

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: rose principal's office sneaky criminal

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: brindle laughsome coffee pot

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: garnet dashing background story

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: claret territorial rehab

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: Stimulating National Security Agency Son Of Senegal

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: rose principal's office sneaky criminal

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: Impressive Pit Party Of The First Part

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: spectacular faggotry karate

(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: spectacular faggotry karate



(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: rose principal's office sneaky criminal



(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: rose principal's office sneaky criminal



(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: rose principal's office sneaky criminal



(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: rose principal's office sneaky criminal



(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: rose principal's office sneaky criminal



(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: rose principal's office sneaky criminal



(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: rose principal's office sneaky criminal



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