Assumption made or not made?
Recognition of assumptions
20 questions
Question 1 of 200 right
We should move the team meeting to Thursday, so that everyone can attend.
Proposed assumptionSome team members cannot attend on the current day.
Learn the denial test
Questions people ask
Does an assumption have to be true?
No. You judge whether the speaker takes it for granted, not whether it is true.
What about statements that start with if?
"If" sets a condition. The speaker does not assume the condition will be met.
How we work this out
What it does
Five statements, four proposed assumptions each. Deny each one and see if the statement survives.
Five original statements, each with four proposed assumptions.
Method
- An assumption is made when the statement takes it for granted: deny it and the statement falls apart.
- Every key was solved again, blind, by an independent solver.