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

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painfully honest resort codepig
  03/18/17
ask your local gender/ethnic studies department graduates
White swashbuckling rehab halford
  03/18/17
probably like 80%
Cyan Friendly Grandma
  03/18/17
That must be an exaggeration
painfully honest resort codepig
  03/18/17
you greatly overestimate college graduates
White swashbuckling rehab halford
  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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they understand it perfectly when you explain it to them. bu...
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They are generally more confused by the equivalency between ...
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painfully honest resort codepig
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tons. I would literally drill it into them like a cult chan...
Lilac Fortuitous Meteor Ticket Booth
  03/18/17
What do you mean by "get it"?
Pea-brained Headpube
  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...
Pea-brained Headpube
  03/18/17
don't get it like not capable of understanding it when it's ...
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  03/18/17
either not get it when explained or do get it when explained...
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Most college grads don't.
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  04/27/17
explain
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  04/28/17
You need to have an IQ of around 115 to grasp formal logic. ...
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  04/28/17
read this as "logic of the contraceptive"
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  04/27/17
As a former LSAT instructor I'd say 80% can it up quickly en...
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  04/28/17
Just use unnecessary and insufficient to help explain then.
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(guy still DEVASTATED by necessary vs sufficient questions)
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Date: March 18th, 2017 3:47 PM
Author: painfully honest resort codepig



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Date: March 18th, 2017 3:48 PM
Author: White swashbuckling rehab halford

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: Cyan Friendly Grandma

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: painfully honest resort codepig

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: White swashbuckling rehab halford

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: Cyan Friendly Grandma

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: submissive smoky patrolman parlour

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: Cyan Friendly Grandma

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: chrome fanboi chad

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: painfully honest resort codepig



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Date: March 18th, 2017 5:42 PM
Author: painfully honest resort codepig



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Date: March 18th, 2017 5:59 PM
Author: Lilac Fortuitous Meteor Ticket Booth

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: Pea-brained Headpube

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: soul-stirring impertinent cuckoldry

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: Pea-brained Headpube

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: Trip hateful athletic conference school

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: submissive smoky patrolman parlour

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: yapping coral house

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: Titillating azure tattoo heaven

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: submissive smoky patrolman parlour



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Date: March 19th, 2017 1:13 AM
Author: submissive smoky patrolman parlour



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Date: March 19th, 2017 10:52 AM
Author: submissive smoky patrolman parlour



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Date: March 19th, 2017 11:09 AM
Author: Jade Jew Affirmative Action



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Date: March 19th, 2017 6:23 PM
Author: submissive smoky patrolman parlour



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Date: March 19th, 2017 6:24 PM
Author: Histrionic black woman

tmf

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Date: March 22nd, 2017 3:40 PM
Author: submissive smoky patrolman parlour



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Date: April 14th, 2017 1:26 AM
Author: submissive smoky patrolman parlour



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Date: April 27th, 2017 11:46 PM
Author: submissive smoky patrolman parlour



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Date: April 27th, 2017 11:53 PM
Author: ultramarine dilemma cuck

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: submissive smoky patrolman parlour

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: ultramarine dilemma cuck

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: Galvanic mauve mood school cafeteria

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: Lake Alcoholic Institution Shitlib

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: talented henna really tough guy

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: submissive smoky patrolman parlour

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: razzmatazz shivering famous landscape painting indian lodge

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: at-the-ready party of the first part casino

(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: at-the-ready party of the first part casino



(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: submissive smoky patrolman parlour



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Date: April 28th, 2017 8:06 AM
Author: submissive smoky patrolman parlour



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Date: April 28th, 2017 8:20 AM
Author: submissive smoky patrolman parlour



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Date: April 28th, 2017 9:48 AM
Author: submissive smoky patrolman parlour



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Date: April 28th, 2017 2:18 PM
Author: submissive smoky patrolman parlour



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Date: May 21st, 2017 3:23 PM
Author: submissive smoky patrolman parlour



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Date: June 15th, 2017 8:39 PM
Author: submissive smoky patrolman parlour



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