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

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Bistre native dysfunction
  03/18/17
ask your local gender/ethnic studies department graduates
unholy abode
  03/18/17
probably like 80%
Tan heady principal's office
  03/18/17
That must be an exaggeration
Bistre native dysfunction
  03/18/17
you greatly overestimate college graduates
unholy abode
  03/18/17
I've literally taught them. they don't know shit
Tan heady principal's office
  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...
Tan heady principal's office
  03/18/17
They are generally more confused by the equivalency between ...
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  03/18/17
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Bistre native dysfunction
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Bistre native dysfunction
  03/18/17
tons. I would literally drill it into them like a cult chan...
lemon stage legal warrant
  03/18/17
What do you mean by "get it"?
Silver Excitant Roommate
  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...
Silver Excitant Roommate
  03/18/17
don't get it like not capable of understanding it when it's ...
lascivious confused rehab
  03/18/17
either not get it when explained or do get it when explained...
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  03/18/17
what's that?
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  03/18/17
Read In the basement of the ivory tower. actual retards get...
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  04/27/17
Most college grads don't.
Bisexual boyish doctorate
  04/27/17
explain
vigorous scarlet prole cumskin
  04/28/17
You need to have an IQ of around 115 to grasp formal logic. ...
Bisexual boyish doctorate
  04/28/17
read this as "logic of the contraceptive"
out-of-control library incel
  04/27/17
As a former LSAT instructor I'd say 80% can it up quickly en...
azure odious locale
  04/28/17
Just use unnecessary and insufficient to help explain then.
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  04/28/17
but can they apply it consistently to increasingly abstract ...
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  04/28/17
first, you are dealing with people who are smarter than aver...
opaque exciting giraffe nibblets
  04/28/17
(guy still DEVASTATED by necessary vs sufficient questions)
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Date: March 18th, 2017 3:47 PM
Author: Bistre native dysfunction



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Date: March 18th, 2017 3:48 PM
Author: unholy abode

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: Tan heady principal's office

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: Bistre native dysfunction

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: unholy abode

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: Tan heady principal's office

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: vigorous scarlet prole cumskin

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: Tan heady principal's office

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: Mustard Mad Cow Disease Business Firm

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: Bistre native dysfunction



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Date: March 18th, 2017 5:42 PM
Author: Bistre native dysfunction



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Date: March 18th, 2017 5:59 PM
Author: lemon stage legal warrant

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: Silver Excitant Roommate

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: chartreuse hairy legs spot

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: Silver Excitant Roommate

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: lascivious confused rehab

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: vigorous scarlet prole cumskin

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: blue market

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: filthy ruby yarmulke

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: vigorous scarlet prole cumskin



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Date: March 19th, 2017 1:13 AM
Author: vigorous scarlet prole cumskin



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Date: March 19th, 2017 10:52 AM
Author: vigorous scarlet prole cumskin



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Date: March 19th, 2017 11:09 AM
Author: fragrant piazza antidepressant drug



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Date: March 19th, 2017 6:23 PM
Author: vigorous scarlet prole cumskin



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Date: March 19th, 2017 6:24 PM
Author: Impressive range

tmf

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Date: March 22nd, 2017 3:40 PM
Author: vigorous scarlet prole cumskin



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Date: April 14th, 2017 1:26 AM
Author: vigorous scarlet prole cumskin



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Date: April 27th, 2017 11:46 PM
Author: vigorous scarlet prole cumskin



(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: Bisexual boyish doctorate

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: vigorous scarlet prole cumskin

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: Bisexual boyish doctorate

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: out-of-control library incel

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: azure odious locale

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 diverse pit indirect expression

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: vigorous scarlet prole cumskin

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: opaque exciting giraffe nibblets

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: Cyan wonderful faggot firefighter

(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: Cyan wonderful faggot firefighter



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Date: April 28th, 2017 12:46 AM
Author: vigorous scarlet prole cumskin



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Date: April 28th, 2017 8:06 AM
Author: vigorous scarlet prole cumskin



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Date: April 28th, 2017 8:20 AM
Author: vigorous scarlet prole cumskin



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Date: April 28th, 2017 9:48 AM
Author: vigorous scarlet prole cumskin



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Date: April 28th, 2017 2:18 PM
Author: vigorous scarlet prole cumskin



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Date: May 21st, 2017 3:23 PM
Author: vigorous scarlet prole cumskin



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Date: June 15th, 2017 8:39 PM
Author: vigorous scarlet prole cumskin



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