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If you watch this video, then you'll know what conditional and biconditional statements are. Trust us. We're great at them.
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- 00:08
OK, we're gonna borrow an "If-Then" statement from the greatest basketball player of all
- 00:12
time: MJ said: If you accept the expectations of others...,
- 00:18
then you never will change the outcome.
- 00:21
The statement is a CONDITIONAL one - that is... given the CONDITION that you accept
- 00:26
the low expectations of others - like you just accept that you're gonna be a total loser
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- 00:31
and end up doing pretty much nothing with your life... because you listen to your critics
- 00:35
... then you'll never change their minds and be the successful person that's inside you.
- 00:39
Or something like that.
- 00:40
Mathematically said, consider the variable P to equal "I accept that I am a loser - thank
- 00:46
you critics <beeeep>"; And then consider the variable Q to be "Then I'll be a loser."
- 00:52
If P is true, then Q will be true. That is, if I listen to my detractors, then I'll
- 00:56
lose. So the If/then type of conditional statements
- 00:59
will come at you from all kinds of angles. Like... spin some things around by assuming
- 01:04
the opposites. If P is NOT true - that is, P is FALSE, that is, if you DONT listen
- 01:09
to your critics then you'll have the chance to change things - to NOT be a loser.
- 01:14
Does it work the other way around? Like ... if you'll have the chance to change your life,
- 01:18
to upgrade it - THEN will you listen to your critics? If Q is true, then will P be true?
- 01:23
In this case, maybe. No guarantees though.
- 01:26
that's called the Converse and is not even remotely related to the brand that once competed
- 01:31
with…
- 01:31
<swoosh logo>
- 01:31
yeah, them.
- 01:32
So what if you know that P is false - that you WONT listen to your critics, then does
- 01:36
that mean Q will be false as well - ie that you'll be a winner and not a loser? No guarantees
- 01:42
but you get the idea. That's called the INverse.
- 01:45
And the last flavor in this little <dance?> is the CONTRAPositive and has nothing to do
- 01:50
with false pregnancy signs.
- 01:52
If Q is false, then is P also false? If you are NOT going to end up a total loser then
- 01:57
will you also listen to your critics?
- 01:59
Take our advice – be like Mike.
- 02:01
Just don’t take a couple years off to play baseball.
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