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

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grizzly roommate incel
  03/18/17
ask your local gender/ethnic studies department graduates
self-absorbed cerebral new version
  03/18/17
probably like 80%
canary infuriating property cumskin
  03/18/17
That must be an exaggeration
grizzly roommate incel
  03/18/17
you greatly overestimate college graduates
self-absorbed cerebral new version
  03/18/17
I've literally taught them. they don't know shit
canary infuriating property cumskin
  03/18/17
can you explain your experience with trying to teach it to t...
Cordovan Pea-brained Hissy Fit
  03/18/17
they understand it perfectly when you explain it to them. bu...
canary infuriating property cumskin
  03/18/17
They are generally more confused by the equivalency between ...
Laughsome stead coffee pot
  03/18/17
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grizzly roommate incel
  03/18/17
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grizzly roommate incel
  03/18/17
tons. I would literally drill it into them like a cult chan...
concupiscible stag film nibblets
  03/18/17
What do you mean by "get it"?
electric messiness
  03/18/17
That it's logically valid.
Navy Painfully Honest Karate
  03/18/17
You mean that the contrapositive of a true conditional state...
electric messiness
  03/18/17
don't get it like not capable of understanding it when it's ...
Kink-friendly violet potus
  03/18/17
either not get it when explained or do get it when explained...
Cordovan Pea-brained Hissy Fit
  03/18/17
what's that?
Confused Fanboi Stage
  03/18/17
Read In the basement of the ivory tower. actual retards get...
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Cordovan Pea-brained Hissy Fit
  03/19/17
tmf
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Cordovan Pea-brained Hissy Fit
  04/27/17
Most college grads don't.
Costumed Meetinghouse Old Irish Cottage
  04/27/17
explain
Cordovan Pea-brained Hissy Fit
  04/28/17
You need to have an IQ of around 115 to grasp formal logic. ...
Costumed Meetinghouse Old Irish Cottage
  04/28/17
read this as "logic of the contraceptive"
razzmatazz insecure private investor plaza
  04/27/17
As a former LSAT instructor I'd say 80% can it up quickly en...
onyx useless brakes school
  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 ...
Cordovan Pea-brained Hissy Fit
  04/28/17
first, you are dealing with people who are smarter than aver...
Zippy razzle-dazzle queen of the night
  04/28/17
(guy still DEVASTATED by necessary vs sufficient questions)
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Date: March 18th, 2017 3:47 PM
Author: grizzly roommate incel



(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: self-absorbed cerebral new version

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: canary infuriating property cumskin

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: grizzly roommate incel

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: self-absorbed cerebral new version

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: canary infuriating property cumskin

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: Cordovan Pea-brained Hissy Fit

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: canary infuriating property cumskin

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: Laughsome stead coffee pot

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: grizzly roommate incel



(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: grizzly roommate incel



(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: concupiscible stag film nibblets

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: electric messiness

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: Navy Painfully Honest Karate

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: electric messiness

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: Kink-friendly violet potus

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: Cordovan Pea-brained Hissy Fit

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: Confused Fanboi Stage

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: Pale gas station toilet seat

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: Cordovan Pea-brained Hissy Fit



(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: Cordovan Pea-brained Hissy Fit



(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: Cordovan Pea-brained Hissy Fit



(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: Autistic offensive knife toaster



(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: Cordovan Pea-brained Hissy Fit



(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: tantric crackhouse masturbator

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: Cordovan Pea-brained Hissy Fit



(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: Cordovan Pea-brained Hissy Fit



(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: Cordovan Pea-brained Hissy Fit



(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: Costumed Meetinghouse Old Irish Cottage

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: Cordovan Pea-brained Hissy Fit

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: Costumed Meetinghouse Old Irish Cottage

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: razzmatazz insecure private investor plaza

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: onyx useless brakes school

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: sick feces casino

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: Cordovan Pea-brained Hissy Fit

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: Zippy razzle-dazzle queen of the night

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: crystalline liquid oxygen principal's office

(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: crystalline liquid oxygen principal's office



(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: Cordovan Pea-brained Hissy Fit



(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: Cordovan Pea-brained Hissy Fit



(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: Cordovan Pea-brained Hissy Fit



(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: Cordovan Pea-brained Hissy Fit



(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: Cordovan Pea-brained Hissy Fit



(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: Cordovan Pea-brained Hissy Fit



(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: Cordovan Pea-brained Hissy Fit



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