Critical Thinking #4: Normative & Descriptive Claims

[@123sheag]

this needs to be taught around grade 6 i think or so to everyone, thanks for doing these they are awesome

[@thunderpooch]

Wearing green in front of a green screen is wise if you are doing a skit and want to appear like a clueless bell end.

[@123sheag]

wearing green when hiding in the bushes good idea

[@ihartevil]

it already is its called what was taught in second grade by 6th grade you have to use all of this in order to do algebra by the time you are in 7th grade all of this is used in physics and if you cant pass the standardize test that has physics in it the teachers just mark you off as a failure and dont even try with you for the most part if they do its just to make you pass the standardize test so their pay rate doesnt go down most 8th graders know calculus and you cant do calculus unless you know all of these basic things

[@lindafitzpatrick5359]

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[@123sheag]

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[@gillianandrews8194]

This is a great starting point for teaching children. As a 6th grade teacher, I will begin with this one. Most excellent series, thank you!

[@candymaerollon1681]

You discussed it very well. Thank you

[@sytheprice407]

A motto I like to live by..."Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence."

[@nixthelatter]

This is great David. Ive been a fan for about 6 months now and never saw these until now but I'm hooked! Do you still make miniseries like this? You do a great job at it and I would love to see more like it!

[@yannygatto]

I would argue that "Michael often doesn't stop at stop signs" is normative in its use of "often" which doesn't have an objective value to it. A more descriptive manner of wording this would potentially be "There are times when Michael doesn't stop at stop signs". But I'm splitting hairs somewhat. Great series!

[@dnmclnnn]

'Often' may be vague but vagueness and normativity are not equivalent.

[@dot49190]

Remember to stop the video a minute before the end unless you want to hear the ads

[@jamiecqwong]

Thank you for this video! This definitely helps!! :)

[@tanyapadma]

Is it ok with you if I use this video in my online ethics course?

[@SJNaka101]

"Michael often doesn't stop at stop signs" isn't exactly a descriptive claim. "Often" is a vague term, and could be left up to the interpretation of whoever hears it. For someone who always stops at stop signs, "often" might mean what others might call "every once in a while". Just saying, if you're gonna make examples about concrete descriptive claims you should probably use concretely descriptive words :P Love the video! A lot of this seems pretty intuitive to me (normative claim), but I've never taken a class and actually learned the vocabulary (descriptive claim). Really appreciate this series!

[@dnmclnnn]

"Michael often doesn't stop at stop signs" is in fact a perfectly descriptive claim. The word 'often' is not important because the difference between normative and descriptive is not a matter of concreteness or certainty. "A lot of this seems pretty intuitive to me" is actually also a descriptive claim. Ironic.

[@tanabhensley]

Normative claim is just an opinion

[@anishpritam1800]

Who came here after Anushree mam give suggestion.......

[@voLumez]

So many ads... Half of the "videos" are a pitch for Brilliant subscribers...

[@TheCountOfMommysCrisco]

Damn normy claims always runnin' around with opinions an' shit. They'll never be dank claims like that.

[@luguy8347]

Descriptive is male, Normative is female, it’s been claimed. Really been waiting forever for Pakman’s critical thinking series.

[@ultearmilkojohn1145]

tf?

[@Potencyfunction]

Let me ask one "6 grade" question. To which type of gramatical parts you assign gen* aka feminin. masculin or neutral?

[@FilterExel]

My pants are warm... My pants... are warm.

[@thunderpooch]

actors studio?

[@kevincollins7320]

intelligence anlisy

[@johnsweda2999]

Really that's a bad example the green screen you don't know that Sarah is wearing a green shirt? even if it looks green to you! It doesn't mean it's green. she could be standing next to a green light it could be a white shirt? Like I saw the driver of the car he had a blue car not the case necessarily?

[@Geotan00]

The point was that he knows for a fact it is green, as seen by his descriptive claim, but that she should change clothes before standing in front of a green screen (his opinion, aka normative claim).

[@johnsweda2999]

Geotan you don't know for certain if she had Green Close because she was standing in front of a green screen, there are other factors that can play a part in the same aspect as wearing a green top it doesn't have to be green to work with a green screen? If she was wearing sequins for example

[@Geotan00]

You do know that she was wearing a green shirt. The green shirt claim (2:04) is made before the green screen claim (2:28). At 2:53 he specifically addresses that he KNOWS Sarah is wearing a green shirt, implying he thinks so beyond a reasonable doubt, and this is BEFORE she is standing in front of a green screen.

[@CourtneyHaynes]

A descriptive claim can be false or true. So even if the shirt is pink, it is a descriptive claim.

[@thunderpooch]

It is wise to wear green in front of a green screen if one is doing a performance art piece on.