Logic and Reasoning Course (signup closed)

[Bolt]

This course will teach three main subjects (game theory, deductive reasoning, and life scenarios). You must signup for this class by 4 July 2015, and classes will start on 8 July 2015, and be. When you signup, include your time zone and times you are DEFINITELY awake, so I can find an appropriate class time. Grading is 50% punctuality (if you can't make it to class, PM me), 40% participation, and 10% etiquette.

Professor

Bolt (GMT-5) (8:00-22:00)

Students

Jin (GMT-5) (13:00-5:00)

Great Britain & Scotland (GMT+5:30) (13:30-15:30) (expelled)

Gerode (GMT-8) (6:00-14:00, 17:00-19:30) (dropped out)

Current Class Time

13:30-14:00 EST

[Jin]

My time zone is EST (-5) and i would love to do this class. I am awake from 1pm until 5am.

[Bolt]

Ok.

[Jin]

Jun 28, 2015 11:37:33 GMT -5 Bolt said:

Ok.

It has always been a weird issue for me. Does my -5 EST and your -4 EST make sense to you? People are always correcting me that its -4 when mine is -5

[Bolt]

More simply, where do you live. I live in Princeton, NJ.

[Jin]

Monroe, MI it is currently 10:09pm here

[Great Britain & Scotland]

I want to sign up Bolt

[Bolt]

What time zone are you in Great Britain & Scotland?

[Great Britain & Scotland]

GMT + 5:30

[Louisistan]

Jun 29, 2015 8:58:32 GMT -5 Great Britain & Scotland said:

GMT + 5:30

That has to be one of the weirdest ones yet

[hjik]

I don't live in that area of the UK so I don't know meh

[Gerode]

I would love to do this class! I live in the Pacific Time Zone and I'm definitely awake from 9 AM to 5 PM and then 8 PM to 10:30 PM.

[Bolt]

Hey Great Britain & Scotland. What is your schedule for when you are awake?

[Great Britain & Scotland]

Um, I'll usually come online about a hour after this post and will be online for two hours or so.

[Bolt]

Now students, this first unit is about game theory. The mathematics of game theory can first be explained through a game called the Prisoners Dilemma. Now for this I will make GBS and Jin a team working with Gerode. In this game, GBS/Jin and Gerode have been accused of a crime. I am a police officer trying to get a confession. GBS/Jin can talk amongst themselves to decide whether to betray Gerode or stay silent, as Gerode has to make the same decision about GBS/Jin. However, the teams MUST not tell each other about their decision and secretly PM me with the choice. I will announce the outcome at class tomorrow. If this is not completed by then, your grade will drop.

[Hahiha / USSR]

When I read Prisoners Dilemma I instantly thought you were talking about pebbling a chessboard.

[Bolt]

The results are in. Both of you stayed silent. Therefore, both of you only spend a year in prison due to lack of evidence. If GBS/Jin were to betray Gerode, they would get a pardon but Gerode would spend three years in prison for the crime, and vice versa. If both of you betrayed, you each would get two years for the crime. This leads to the realization that since you both cooperated, it shows that humans are at least a little civillized, since it would be better if Gerode changed his mind to betray, it would be better for him, and vice versa. But humans still think about how the group would be affected. This way of thinking labeled as "Game Theory" won the 2005 Nobel Prize in Economics. Do you guys have any further questions or comments?

[Hahiha / USSR]

Can "we" pebble a chessboard? :3

[Bolt]

?

[Jin]

You were banking that we would stay quiet but what if BOTH of the groups ratted each other out?

[Hahiha / USSR]

The video I posted yesterday.

[Bolt]

I said that if both teams betrayed, they would each get 2 years.

[Jin]

I must have misread that

[Bolt]

Ok. Tomorrow we will talk about deductive and inductive reasoning.

[Bolt]

Hello Jin and Gerode. Unfortunately, Great Britain & Scotland won't be joining us anymore. Today, we will talk about deductive and inductive reasoning. First, here is a homework assignment due tomorrow. A logic test. If someone is drinking an alcoholic beverage, they must be at least 21. So each card represents either a person's age or their beverage choice, and a pair represents the person.
Whiskey Tea 34 17
Now, the challenge is, tell me what TWO cards need their pair in order to assure if the law is being followed. PM me your answer.

[Bolt]

Hi Jin. Unfortunately, Gerode has dropped out, but the show must go on, and the answer to the test is:
Whiskey 17
That is because you need to look at Whiskey's other card to make sure the person drinking it is overage, and 17 to make sure they are not drinking alcohol. This is called deductive reasoning. However, most people who took this test used inductive reasoning, because while we read you must be at least 21 to drink, they read if you are 21 or older, you have to drink.