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

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Topaz internet-worthy pit useless brakes
  03/18/17
ask your local gender/ethnic studies department graduates
talented mewling forum
  03/18/17
probably like 80%
spectacular karate station
  03/18/17
That must be an exaggeration
Topaz internet-worthy pit useless brakes
  03/18/17
you greatly overestimate college graduates
talented mewling forum
  03/18/17
I've literally taught them. they don't know shit
spectacular karate station
  03/18/17
can you explain your experience with trying to teach it to t...
sooty curious stead digit ratio
  03/18/17
they understand it perfectly when you explain it to them. bu...
spectacular karate station
  03/18/17
They are generally more confused by the equivalency between ...
up-to-no-good milk
  03/18/17
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Topaz internet-worthy pit useless brakes
  03/18/17
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Topaz internet-worthy pit useless brakes
  03/18/17
tons. I would literally drill it into them like a cult chan...
self-centered domesticated masturbator kitchen
  03/18/17
What do you mean by "get it"?
Submissive laughsome black woman
  03/18/17
That it's logically valid.
flickering legal warrant degenerate
  03/18/17
You mean that the contrapositive of a true conditional state...
Submissive laughsome black woman
  03/18/17
don't get it like not capable of understanding it when it's ...
Fragrant Abusive Idiot
  03/18/17
either not get it when explained or do get it when explained...
sooty curious stead digit ratio
  03/18/17
what's that?
Concupiscible Hyperventilating Gay Wizard Step-uncle's House
  03/18/17
Read In the basement of the ivory tower. actual retards get...
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tmf
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sooty curious stead digit ratio
  04/27/17
Most college grads don't.
Outnumbered becky
  04/27/17
explain
sooty curious stead digit ratio
  04/28/17
You need to have an IQ of around 115 to grasp formal logic. ...
Outnumbered becky
  04/28/17
read this as "logic of the contraceptive"
useless supple business firm dragon
  04/27/17
As a former LSAT instructor I'd say 80% can it up quickly en...
Flatulent Friendly Grandma
  04/28/17
Just use unnecessary and insufficient to help explain then.
Soggy Charcoal Hunting Ground
  04/28/17
but can they apply it consistently to increasingly abstract ...
sooty curious stead digit ratio
  04/28/17
first, you are dealing with people who are smarter than aver...
harsh cumskin cruise ship
  04/28/17
(guy still DEVASTATED by necessary vs sufficient questions)
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Date: March 18th, 2017 3:47 PM
Author: Topaz internet-worthy pit useless brakes



(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: talented mewling forum

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: spectacular karate station

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: Topaz internet-worthy pit useless brakes

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: talented mewling forum

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: spectacular karate station

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: sooty curious stead digit ratio

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: spectacular karate station

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: up-to-no-good milk

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: Topaz internet-worthy pit useless brakes



(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: Topaz internet-worthy pit useless brakes



(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: self-centered domesticated masturbator kitchen

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: Submissive laughsome black woman

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: flickering legal warrant degenerate

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: Submissive laughsome black woman

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: Fragrant Abusive Idiot

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: sooty curious stead digit ratio

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: Concupiscible Hyperventilating Gay Wizard Step-uncle's 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: ebony galvanic trailer park candlestick maker

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: sooty curious stead digit ratio



(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: sooty curious stead digit ratio



(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: sooty curious stead digit ratio



(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: Flushed Cuckold



(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: sooty curious stead digit ratio



(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: Lascivious Godawful Lodge

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: sooty curious stead digit ratio



(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: sooty curious stead digit ratio



(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: sooty curious stead digit ratio



(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: Outnumbered becky

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: sooty curious stead digit ratio

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: Outnumbered becky

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: useless supple business firm dragon

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: Flatulent Friendly Grandma

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: Soggy Charcoal Hunting Ground

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: sooty curious stead digit ratio

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: harsh cumskin cruise ship

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: Comical public bath boltzmann

(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: Comical public bath boltzmann



(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: sooty curious stead digit ratio



(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: sooty curious stead digit ratio



(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: sooty curious stead digit ratio



(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: sooty curious stead digit ratio



(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: sooty curious stead digit ratio



(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: sooty curious stead digit ratio



(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: sooty curious stead digit ratio



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