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

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Crawly Twinkling Stead Volcanic Crater
  03/18/17
ask your local gender/ethnic studies department graduates
Nighttime nowag stag film
  03/18/17
probably like 80%
Purple doobsian pit
  03/18/17
That must be an exaggeration
Crawly Twinkling Stead Volcanic Crater
  03/18/17
you greatly overestimate college graduates
Nighttime nowag stag film
  03/18/17
I've literally taught them. they don't know shit
Purple doobsian pit
  03/18/17
can you explain your experience with trying to teach it to t...
Iridescent hairless boiling water quadroon
  03/18/17
they understand it perfectly when you explain it to them. bu...
Purple doobsian pit
  03/18/17
They are generally more confused by the equivalency between ...
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  03/18/17
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Crawly Twinkling Stead Volcanic Crater
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Crawly Twinkling Stead Volcanic Crater
  03/18/17
tons. I would literally drill it into them like a cult chan...
Marvelous hominid rigor
  03/18/17
What do you mean by "get it"?
stubborn rehab water buffalo
  03/18/17
That it's logically valid.
odious topaz principal's office
  03/18/17
You mean that the contrapositive of a true conditional state...
stubborn rehab water buffalo
  03/18/17
don't get it like not capable of understanding it when it's ...
Bull Headed Brunch
  03/18/17
either not get it when explained or do get it when explained...
Iridescent hairless boiling water quadroon
  03/18/17
what's that?
Disrespectful mental disorder range
  03/18/17
Read In the basement of the ivory tower. actual retards get...
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Iridescent hairless boiling water quadroon
  04/27/17
Most college grads don't.
Walnut Casino
  04/27/17
explain
Iridescent hairless boiling water quadroon
  04/28/17
You need to have an IQ of around 115 to grasp formal logic. ...
Walnut Casino
  04/28/17
read this as "logic of the contraceptive"
Histrionic Cuckold
  04/27/17
As a former LSAT instructor I'd say 80% can it up quickly en...
soul-stirring useless brakes
  04/28/17
Just use unnecessary and insufficient to help explain then.
Turquoise shrine halford
  04/28/17
but can they apply it consistently to increasingly abstract ...
Iridescent hairless boiling water quadroon
  04/28/17
first, you are dealing with people who are smarter than aver...
apoplectic house-broken alpha
  04/28/17
(guy still DEVASTATED by necessary vs sufficient questions)
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Date: March 18th, 2017 3:47 PM
Author: Crawly Twinkling Stead Volcanic Crater



(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: Nighttime nowag stag film

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: Purple doobsian pit

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: Crawly Twinkling Stead Volcanic Crater

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: Nighttime nowag stag film

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: Purple doobsian pit

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: Iridescent hairless boiling water quadroon

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: Purple doobsian pit

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: Puce bossy parlour

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: Crawly Twinkling Stead Volcanic Crater



(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: Crawly Twinkling Stead Volcanic Crater



(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: Marvelous hominid rigor

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: stubborn rehab water buffalo

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: odious topaz principal's office

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: stubborn rehab water buffalo

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: Bull Headed Brunch

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: Iridescent hairless boiling water quadroon

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: Disrespectful mental disorder range

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: cruel-hearted bisexual black woman mexican

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: Iridescent hairless boiling water quadroon



(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: Iridescent hairless boiling water quadroon



(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: Iridescent hairless boiling water quadroon



(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: Passionate costumed personal credit line pocket flask



(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: Iridescent hairless boiling water quadroon



(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: Sooty Hideous Lettuce Set

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: Iridescent hairless boiling water quadroon



(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: Iridescent hairless boiling water quadroon



(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: Iridescent hairless boiling water quadroon



(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: Walnut Casino

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: Iridescent hairless boiling water quadroon

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: Walnut Casino

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: Histrionic Cuckold

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: soul-stirring useless brakes

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: Turquoise shrine halford

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: Iridescent hairless boiling water quadroon

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: apoplectic house-broken alpha

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: Electric Dysfunction Theater

(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: Electric Dysfunction Theater



(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: Iridescent hairless boiling water quadroon



(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: Iridescent hairless boiling water quadroon



(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: Iridescent hairless boiling water quadroon



(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: Iridescent hairless boiling water quadroon



(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: Iridescent hairless boiling water quadroon



(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: Iridescent hairless boiling water quadroon



(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: Iridescent hairless boiling water quadroon



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