[reasonisfaith]

Deductive reasoning is what we all use on a daily basis.

Conclusions derived from premises.

[reasonisfaith]

Shall we go on?

Teaching is a great hobby of mine.

[mrsmith]

Show enough reasoning to get my name straight LOL!

Anyway.
Just thought you might wan, and be able to, csontribute.

[blueplum]

Psych 101A -“Deductive reasoning is defined as ‘an argument where the conclusion is a logical consequence of its premise’. Many believe that if THEIR conclusions follow logically from THEIR premises, then THEIR conclusions must be true. But those very conclusions, when made in a vacuum, may be true or they may be invalid. That is, that ‘deductive’ reasoning may in fact be biased reasoning. False reasoning that leads to some pretty stupid behavior. Example - one truth: Johnny jumped off the cliff into the water and didn't break his leg on the rocks beneath the surface. False conclusion: Jumping off the cliff is safe. Alternate truth: 100 others jumped and have broken legs. Accurate deduction: Jumping off the cliff will almost always result in broken legs and Johnny is likely a statistical anomaly. Another example - the blind men and the elephant. An essential element of accurate deductions is peer review, such as is happening on these threads.