I had my last Critical Thinking test today, and one of the questions was to do with necessary and sufficient conditions. While answering it, I thought of a (really lame) joke, and just about laughed out loud in the middle of the big, silent, lecture hall. And thus, a poorly drawn comic was born. All you need to know is this:
Necessary condition: must occur for something to happen.
Sufficient condition: guarantees something will happen.
(One example used in class was "The presence of oxygen is a necessary condition for fire")
I call this comic
Why you shouldn't mix up necessary/sufficient conditions:
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| If you don't get this, don't feel bad.But try to think harder. |
(P.S. I'm not a sick person, I swear. But I still laughed when I thought of this)
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