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Geek Culture / This is a problem about logic. - Problem 1

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gearce
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Posted: 7th May 2008 03:51 Edited at: 25th May 2008 07:59
Sorry!

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gearce
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JoelJ
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Posted: 7th May 2008 03:59
This can't be right... it was too easy.



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Posted: 7th May 2008 04:28
Quote: "Answer tomorrow."


no!

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Posted: 7th May 2008 04:38 Edited at: 7th May 2008 04:42
If I apply the 'committees' (not cheerleading) I know:

Quote: "
Sally loves money."


My friend is King Dave, he loves chocolate, chocolate costs money, this guy is a treasurer of a committee.

Quote: "Meghan thinks she could not handle a whole class"


We don't have a team leader, but we have a secretary, he can't handle big groups, so I'll say that.

Quote: "Jim was elected"


James was elected Vice President and his girlfriend president.



So by much logic, in comparing these guys to real people in the real world, I have my answer.

Though in truth and to be fair, a lot of people like money who could go for any position, people who can't handle the class might go for a position that requires them to do it, so that they gain confidence. Being elected in a democracy committee would require all members to be elected, so I'd assume anyone of these could be elected and relationships can form between any committee members.

So really, your guess is as good as mine...So the problem of logic is therefore people like to make assumptions and over generalise things, and they aren't always right.

Or am I buying waaaaaay too much reality into this? When it's clearly a problem for the mathematical minded and isn't meant to be taken literally?



Oh and Ron means 're-open nominations', so one of these positions didn't satisfy the voters - so people, bear that into account.

"Experience never provides its judgments with true or strict universality; but only (through induction) with assumed and comparative universality." - Immanuel Kant
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Posted: 7th May 2008 08:35
Quote: "Sally loves money.
Meghan thinks she could not handle a whole class
Jim was elected
Ron is Jim's partner"


Quote: "Sally, Ron, Jim, and Meghan are President, VP, Treasurer, and Captain of the cheerleading squad, but not necessarily in that order. Who is what?"


Being that Ron is into Jim, Ron must be the captain of the cheerleeding quad.

Jim, who does nothing but Ron, apparently, is the President.

Since Sally is an oil money grubber she must be the Vice President.

Meghan, being totally inept, must be the treasurer.


Hurray for teh logd!
gearce
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Posted: 8th May 2008 04:28 Edited at: 25th May 2008 08:02
Sorry!

See my original post

gearce
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AaronG
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Posted: 8th May 2008 05:56
Uh... I did this in my head in about 3 seconds. Lol.
It's just mental association, that's all.


Drew Cameron
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Posted: 8th May 2008 14:49
Easy as hell.

White Fang 12
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Posted: 8th May 2008 16:23
I'm sorry but dude thats just sad the only reason people got it wrong was that it was so easy that the answer must be wrong if you under stand what im saying

I'm a noob help will be accepted
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Posted: 8th May 2008 16:26
I don't think those clues are realistic, I don't know, my experience of a committee is that all members are elected, treasurers have to be good with money, not just like it, I like money, yet I'm terrible with it. A person who isn't confident with holding a group will probably mean they'd do something that'll boost their confidence. Or at least this is true in my experience. That's the problem with logic, it doesn't take into account that there might be other factors.

People who are partners is ambiguous, partners in a job? Partner in practice? A relationship?

The fact somebody thought the person who likes money would be the vice president, as the treasurer would be controlling the outs, not using the money. So I don't think the clues in a realistic world tell us anything, rather they just stereotype the individuals.

"Experience never provides its judgments with true or strict universality; but only (through induction) with assumed and comparative universality." - Immanuel Kant
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Posted: 9th May 2008 05:42 Edited at: 25th May 2008 08:03
Hi there!

As in my previous posts

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gearce
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Posted: 10th May 2008 02:56 Edited at: 12th May 2008 04:19
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LANG MEY YER LUM REEK

Science may never come up with a better communication system than the teabreak.
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Posted: 11th May 2008 00:28
I'm just gonna hijack this thread.

If up is down and north is south, what is left?

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Posted: 11th May 2008 00:29
I think the universe would explode if either of those statements were true.


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Posted: 11th May 2008 00:37
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If up is down and north is south, what is left?"


Left is still left. You just reversed the verticals, left is on the horizontal plane so not a thing happened to it. ^.^


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