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

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Awkward property
  03/18/17
ask your local gender/ethnic studies department graduates
Charcoal Frisky Menage
  03/18/17
probably like 80%
lascivious aquamarine principal's office patrolman
  03/18/17
That must be an exaggeration
Awkward property
  03/18/17
you greatly overestimate college graduates
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  03/18/17
I've literally taught them. they don't know shit
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  03/18/17
can you explain your experience with trying to teach it to t...
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  03/18/17
they understand it perfectly when you explain it to them. bu...
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  03/18/17
They are generally more confused by the equivalency between ...
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  03/18/17
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Awkward property
  03/18/17
tons. I would literally drill it into them like a cult chan...
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  03/18/17
What do you mean by "get it"?
Anal Thriller Abode
  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...
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  03/18/17
don't get it like not capable of understanding it when it's ...
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either not get it when explained or do get it when explained...
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Read In the basement of the ivory tower. actual retards get...
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Most college grads don't.
Dark mexican
  04/27/17
explain
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  04/28/17
You need to have an IQ of around 115 to grasp formal logic. ...
Dark mexican
  04/28/17
read this as "logic of the contraceptive"
Jet-lagged Half-breed Philosopher-king
  04/27/17
As a former LSAT instructor I'd say 80% can it up quickly en...
wonderful elite library becky
  04/28/17
Just use unnecessary and insufficient to help explain then.
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but can they apply it consistently to increasingly abstract ...
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first, you are dealing with people who are smarter than aver...
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(guy still DEVASTATED by necessary vs sufficient questions)
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Date: March 18th, 2017 3:47 PM
Author: Awkward property



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Date: March 18th, 2017 3:48 PM
Author: Charcoal Frisky Menage

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: lascivious aquamarine principal's office patrolman

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: Awkward property

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: Charcoal Frisky Menage

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: lascivious aquamarine principal's office patrolman

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: bateful chapel bbw

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

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Date: March 18th, 2017 6:50 PM
Author: lascivious aquamarine principal's office patrolman

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: Bat-shit-crazy telephone locus

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: Awkward property



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Date: March 18th, 2017 5:42 PM
Author: Awkward property



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Date: March 18th, 2017 5:59 PM
Author: racy zombie-like goyim hospital

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: Anal Thriller Abode

What do you mean by "get it"?

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Date: March 18th, 2017 6:05 PM
Author: boyish state

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: Anal Thriller Abode

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: Insecure indigo business firm dysfunction

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: bateful chapel bbw

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: Appetizing station friendly grandma

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: primrose 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: bateful chapel bbw



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Date: March 19th, 2017 1:13 AM
Author: bateful chapel bbw



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Date: March 19th, 2017 10:52 AM
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Date: March 19th, 2017 6:23 PM
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Date: March 19th, 2017 6:24 PM
Author: cowardly yellow brethren

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Date: March 22nd, 2017 3:40 PM
Author: bateful chapel bbw



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Date: April 14th, 2017 1:26 AM
Author: bateful chapel bbw



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Date: April 27th, 2017 11:46 PM
Author: bateful chapel bbw



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Date: April 27th, 2017 11:53 PM
Author: Dark mexican

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: bateful chapel bbw

explain

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Date: April 28th, 2017 12:15 AM
Author: Dark mexican

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: Jet-lagged Half-breed Philosopher-king

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: wonderful elite library becky

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: Odious carnelian office

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: bateful chapel bbw

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: Soul-stirring parlor

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: provocative set fanboi

(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: provocative set fanboi



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Date: April 28th, 2017 12:46 AM
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Date: April 28th, 2017 8:06 AM
Author: bateful chapel bbw



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Date: April 28th, 2017 8:20 AM
Author: bateful chapel bbw



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Date: April 28th, 2017 9:48 AM
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Date: April 28th, 2017 2:18 PM
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Date: May 21st, 2017 3:23 PM
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