logic
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Use This Three-Step Method to Read More Critically
When school or your job requires a lot of reading, it’s hard to stay on track and focused. You should try different reading techniques to get the most out of what you’re supposed to be consuming on your own. One such technique to try is the structure-proposition-evaluation (SPE) method, and one might work for you.…
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Logic, Emotion And What We Can Learn From Movies About Arguing
Over the last couple of years there have been some significant public debates where the results have defied belief – at least, the beliefs of some people. We’ve had the Brexit vote, the election of Donald Trump to the US presidency and we are facing a similar debate in Australia over the same-sex marriage vote.…
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Exploring The Myth Of The Scientific Vs. Artistic Mind
It’s a stereotype, but many of us have made the assumption that scientists are a bit rigid and less artistic than others. Artists, on the other hand, are often seen as being less rational than the rest of us. Sometimes described as the left side of the brain versus the right side — or simply…
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Can You Solve This Children’s Maths Puzzle?
School quizzes occasionally contain a puzzle so fiendish that it even stumps intelligent adults. (Teachers have to get their kicks somehow, y’know.) The above brain-teaser recently appeared on an elementary school entrance exam in Hong Kong and quickly went viral. How long will it take you to solve it?