[General] reason logically

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Ashiuhto

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Which of the following sentences is better?

1. My favorite interest is watching American crime mystery films, which teach me how to logically reason.
2. I am interested in watching American criminal and mysterious films, which teach me how to reason logically.
 

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Which of the following sentences is better?

1. My favorite interest is watching American crime and mystery films, which teach me how to reason logically.
2. I am interested in watching American criminal and mysterious films, which teach me how to reason logically.
I prefer #1, with those amendments. I don't think you mean "criminal films" or "mysterious films".
Do you really learn logical reasoning from crime films?
 

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Do you really learn logical reasoning from crime films?

I don't.

The logical perp is always innocent and the murderer turns out to be the least likely suspect.

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And in Columbo, the murderer is the person that you saw committing the murder in the very first scene. ;-)
 

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And in Columbo, the murderer is the person that you saw committing the murder in the very first scene. ;-)

Right.

I like a good whodunnit but I've never understood the popularity of that programme.

Oh - just one more question before I walk out of the door - do you think one day he'll get it wrong and arrest an innocent person?

Thought not.

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Despite the complete lack of suspense, I loved it, but I think that was just because I really liked the shambolic character and the ridiculous nature of it all.

That aside, I think with some crime series, you can pick up a few pointers for logical deduction but you really have to separate the wheat from the chaff.
 
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