E. Bruce Goldstein 2018: Cognitive Psychology 5e, Ch. 13 p. 408. This is an example of a mental model, or how people represent problems in their mind to validate a syllogism with deductive reasoning. The syllogism is, for some reason:
None of the artists are beekeepers
All of the beekeepers are chemists
Some of the chemists are not artists
Hmmm... yes. Makes a lot of sense when I don't think about it.
I totally did not understand all of that. I did try though.
Pfff. Chemists all wear labcoats.
Only a sick fuck wears a lab coat outside of the lab
How would you explain all the stock photos of chemists looking at ball and stick models with a magnifying glass in ehat appears to be a normal room, HUH????
What about the guy who wears a Spirit Holloween "Dr Feelgood" lab coat?
Ok, yes, I see your point.
As a chemist, I can confirm this is true
That's organic chemistry tho, so it might be a biologist in disguise!
I… what… source?
E. Bruce Goldstein 2018: Cognitive Psychology 5e, Ch. 13 p. 408. This is an example of a mental model, or how people represent problems in their mind to validate a syllogism with deductive reasoning. The syllogism is, for some reason: None of the artists are beekeepers All of the beekeepers are chemists Some of the chemists are not artists
Hmmm... yes. Makes a lot of sense when I don't think about it.
I totally did not understand all of that. I did try though.