Why Did the Logician Cross the Road?: Finding Humor in Logical Reasoning Baronett Stan
Why Did the Logician Cross the Road?: Finding Humor in Logical Reasoning Baronett Stan Find out what connects logic and humor in this alternative guide to logical reasoning. Using jokes as his…
Specifikacia Why Did the Logician Cross the Road?: Finding Humor in Logical Reasoning Baronett Stan
Why Did the Logician Cross the Road?: Finding Humor in Logical Reasoning Baronett Stan
Find out what connects logic and humor in this alternative guide to logical reasoning. Using jokes as his examples, Baronett reveals the inner workings of logic. Combining jokes, stories, and ironic situations, Stan Baronett shows how it is possible to ground the language of logic in everyday experience.Each chapter introduces a basic logical reasoning concept based on happenings in daily life.
The assumption changes the normal context of an everyday situation, so we are surprised by the ending. After all an effective joke often relies on an unanticipated assumption that leads to an unexpected result. A complex mind that learns from experience, and builds a storehouse of regularly recurring patterns, is a great survival tool.
But for a joke to work, the punch line has to be something our minds don't logically anticipate. The ending jolts our minds for a split second while we
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