The most useful and most significant concept I've learned all semester is the apples and oranges, or the zero times two is still zero. These are a couple concept that are constantly used, whether in real life, casual discussion, or in the media (the media especially). Often times you come across people or advertisements making claims to make their argument seem really... REAL. For one thing, the apples and oranges compare two things that don't even make sense in comparison. These arguments can be construed to be legit, and it is construed to convince. Some people may not realize how nonsensical comparing apples and oranges may be, but now I can call that out.
Plus, zero times two is still zero?! This concept is crazy. It's something that I really didn't realize before, I guess before this class I totally overlooked numbers and statistics without a stated premise. Such as... We sold ten times as many tickets as yesterday. I mean, this claim makes it seem like damn this must be a good show to sell that many tickets. But wait a second... just how many tickets were sold yesterday? What if they only sold ONE ticket? Then bam, this time they sold a whopping 10 tickets...
It's good to know!!
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