fandomhigh | Logically Speaking, Period 6, 2 Jun '09

Mohinder was standing at the front of the classroom by the time the workshop had assembled. Written on the board behind him was 'Theory -> Hypothesis -> Observation -> Confirmation'

"We're looking at deductive reasoning this week," he said, passing out notes as he did so. "Where the conclusion of an argument is necessary - or has to follow from your initial conditions. Not that a valid argument has to be true - from 'All yellow objects float' and 'All taxis are yellow' the conclusion 'All taxis float' is valid, but not sound, because the starting premises aren't true."

"This form of logic is probably most popularly known from the tales of ~~meta for~~ Sherlock Holmes," continued Mohinder. He cued up the television, saying, "Such as this chain of reasoning about a man's hat," and this clip played.

The clip paused, Mohinder turned to the group. "Now it's your turn to construct a argument as to the events or people pictured in your handouts, and convince your classmates of it. I'll be here if there're any questions."

[OCD's up and the water's fine!]

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With your thinking heads on.

Liir Thropp

Yamanaka Ino

Claire ~~Bennet~~ Butler

Valentine Wiggin

Yakko Warner

Jon O'Neill

Gabrielle

Listening, quiet talking, watching SH.

Liir listened... and wondered if he really understood what was supposed to be done here. He didn't think that kind of exactness was wise.

Ino bounced in her seat, not really focusing on the class material, though ooooh shiny, and waited impatiently for class to end.

Claire listened intently to the lecture.

Logic and Jon O'Neill had separated ways a very long time ago.

Yakko put on a detective hat and had a bubble pipe dangling from his mouth as soon as the clip started.

See? He could pay attention sometimes.

As she was watching and listening, Valentine made herself a theory as to how she should really be taking classes that didn't cover stuff she already considered herself an expert at.

Of course taking the classes and pretending she wasn't an expert was half of what made her an expert...

Gabrielle frowned; she liked a little more wiggle room in her arguments sometimes.

Link to random images (http://www.gettyimages.com/Search/Search.aspx?src=quick&contractUrl=2&assetType=image&family=editorial&phrase=random#), but feel free to pick whatever picture of random you want.

Pick an image, use it to figure out who/what's happening and convince each other of it.

Yakko wasn't sure what was happening in this picture (http://cache2.asset-cache.net/xc/53441792.jpg?v=1&c=NewsMaker&k=2&d=17A4AD9FDB9CF19390335F8FA9CA92A60E465C3A11BC101711D40A26B3E28636), but he knew a cute athlete when he saw one.

When she pings in.

Claire was around.

[But given that she's a Petrelli, logic isn't her strong point.]

He's around during and after class if he's needed.

[Vimes] distrusted the kind of person who'd take one look at another man and say in a lordly voice to his companion, "Ah, my dear sir, I can tell you nothing except that he is a left-handed stonemason who has spent some years in the merchant navy and has recently fell on hard times," and then unroll a lot of supercilious commentary about calluses and stance and the state of a man's boots, when exactly the same comments could apply to a man who was wearing his old clothes because he'd been doing a spot of home bricklaying for a new barbecue pit, and had been tattooed once when he was drunk and seventeen and in fact got seasick on a wet pavement. What arrogance! What an insult to the rich and chaotic variety of the human experience!

{Quote from Pratchett, grabbed from here (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SherlockScan))

*CHEERS ANY AND ALL QUOTES CONCERNING SAM VIMES*

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