| Deductive Reasoning
Neighbor 1: "Hi, there, new neighbor, it
sure is a nice day to be moving"
New Neighbor: "Yes, it is and people around
here seem extremely friendly"
Neighbor 1: "So what is it you do for a
living?"
New Neighbor: "I am a professor at the
University, I teach deductive reasoning"
Neighbor 1: "Deductive reasoning, what
is that?"
New Neighbor: "Let me give you and example.
I see you have a dog house out
back. By that
I deduce that you have a dog."
Neighbor 1: "That is right"
New Neighbor: "The fact that you have a
dog, leads me to deduce that
you have a family."
Neighbor 1: "Right again"
New Neighbor: "Since you have a family
I deduce that you have a wife"
Neighbor 1: "Correct"
New Neighbor: "And since you have a wife,
I can deduce that you are
heterosexual"
Neighbor 1: "Yup"
New Neighbor: "That is deductive reasoning"
Neighbor 1: "Cool"
Later that same day
Neighbor 1: "Hey, I was talking to that
new guy who moved in next door"
Neighbor 2: "Is he a nice guy?"
Neighbor 1: "Yes, and he has an interesting
job"
Neighbor 2: "Oh, yeah what does he do?"
Neighbor 1: "He is a professor of deductive
reasoning at the University"
Neighbor 2: "Deductive reasoning, what
is that?"
Neighbor 1: "Let me give you an example.
Do you have a dog house?"
Neighbor 2: "No"
Neighbor 1: "Fag." |