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

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Big-titted Dingle Berry Potus
  03/18/17
ask your local gender/ethnic studies department graduates
Grizzly piazza coldplay fan
  03/18/17
probably like 80%
magenta abusive toaster
  03/18/17
That must be an exaggeration
Big-titted Dingle Berry Potus
  03/18/17
you greatly overestimate college graduates
Grizzly piazza coldplay fan
  03/18/17
I've literally taught them. they don't know shit
magenta abusive toaster
  03/18/17
can you explain your experience with trying to teach it to t...
Yellow immigrant lodge
  03/18/17
they understand it perfectly when you explain it to them. bu...
magenta abusive toaster
  03/18/17
They are generally more confused by the equivalency between ...
Supple sticky hall
  03/18/17
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Big-titted Dingle Berry Potus
  03/18/17
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Big-titted Dingle Berry Potus
  03/18/17
tons. I would literally drill it into them like a cult chan...
Carmine Glittery Faggot Firefighter Abode
  03/18/17
What do you mean by "get it"?
henna garrison yarmulke
  03/18/17
That it's logically valid.
Bat-shit-crazy Federal Gas Station Quadroon
  03/18/17
You mean that the contrapositive of a true conditional state...
henna garrison yarmulke
  03/18/17
don't get it like not capable of understanding it when it's ...
Adventurous puppy community account
  03/18/17
either not get it when explained or do get it when explained...
Yellow immigrant lodge
  03/18/17
what's that?
Balding Exhilarant Property Haunted Graveyard
  03/18/17
Read In the basement of the ivory tower. actual retards get...
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bearded splenetic menage ladyboy
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Yellow immigrant lodge
  03/19/17
tmf
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Yellow immigrant lodge
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Yellow immigrant lodge
  04/27/17
Most college grads don't.
thriller antidepressant drug
  04/27/17
explain
Yellow immigrant lodge
  04/28/17
You need to have an IQ of around 115 to grasp formal logic. ...
thriller antidepressant drug
  04/28/17
read this as "logic of the contraceptive"
Provocative duck-like casino
  04/27/17
As a former LSAT instructor I'd say 80% can it up quickly en...
Chocolate floppy library mad cow disease
  04/28/17
Just use unnecessary and insufficient to help explain then.
aromatic heaven elastic band
  04/28/17
but can they apply it consistently to increasingly abstract ...
Yellow immigrant lodge
  04/28/17
first, you are dealing with people who are smarter than aver...
House-broken Fluffy Temple
  04/28/17
(guy still DEVASTATED by necessary vs sufficient questions)
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Date: March 18th, 2017 3:47 PM
Author: Big-titted Dingle Berry Potus



(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: Grizzly piazza coldplay fan

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: magenta abusive toaster

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: Big-titted Dingle Berry Potus

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: Grizzly piazza coldplay fan

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: magenta abusive toaster

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: Yellow immigrant lodge

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: magenta abusive toaster

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: Supple sticky hall

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: Big-titted Dingle Berry Potus



(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: Big-titted Dingle Berry Potus



(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: Carmine Glittery Faggot Firefighter Abode

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: henna garrison yarmulke

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: Bat-shit-crazy Federal Gas Station Quadroon

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: henna garrison yarmulke

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: Adventurous puppy community account

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: Yellow immigrant lodge

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: Balding Exhilarant Property Haunted Graveyard

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: Blathering Pungent Stag Film

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: Yellow immigrant lodge



(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: Yellow immigrant lodge



(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: Yellow immigrant lodge



(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: bearded splenetic menage ladyboy



(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: Yellow immigrant lodge



(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: wonderful haunting hospital tank

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: Yellow immigrant lodge



(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: Yellow immigrant lodge



(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: Yellow immigrant lodge



(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: thriller antidepressant drug

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: Yellow immigrant lodge

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: thriller antidepressant drug

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: Provocative duck-like casino

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: Chocolate floppy library mad cow disease

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: aromatic heaven elastic band

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: Yellow immigrant lodge

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: House-broken Fluffy Temple

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: Ruddy mad-dog skullcap locale

(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: Ruddy mad-dog skullcap locale



(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: Yellow immigrant lodge



(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: Yellow immigrant lodge



(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: Yellow immigrant lodge



(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: Yellow immigrant lodge



(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: Yellow immigrant lodge



(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: Yellow immigrant lodge



(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: Yellow immigrant lodge



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