Re:Astonishing regularity in learning rate among college stu...
by siva7 on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @01:14PM
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You have defined a too narrow definition of "flawed logic" in order to make a counterargument which still doesn't defy the argument the original comment has made. Then you make a baseless assumption in your last sentence that the commenter has not thought through the implications of the idea that not everyone can learn college algebra. Your writing is also honestly a bit difficult to understand so i assume you're learning English.
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Re:Astonishing regularity in learning rate among college stu...
by syzarian on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @01:44PM
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I think you don’t understand what assumption means. I made no assumption in my last sentence. I told how your post appears. This is an opinion of mine. This ought to have been clear because I used appears and don’t seem. The reason I phrased things the way I did is precisely because I was not making an assumption. You might be an expert on this topic. I don’t know your background. I was telling you how your post came across to me.
What is funny and ironic is that you falsely accuse me of making a baseless assumption and then in the next sentence explicitly say you are assuming I’m learning English. I think it’s clear that I’m not learning English.
Re:Astonishing regularity in learning rate among college stu...
by naasking on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @06:20PM
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> Your writing is also honestly a bit difficult to understand so i assume you're learning English.
His argument seemed like a pretty straightforward logical deduction to me. If his argument doesn't refute the claim that everyone can learn college algebra, then you must have some unusual definition for one or more of "everyone", "learn" and "college algebra".