Why Does "Some" Mean "Not All"? - An Introduction to Scalar Implicatures
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More examples on the different kinds of quantors would have helped.
You used math some and all, and English some and all together which is kind of confusing. Plus you used logic math with high school audience tag which is usually unknown to a high schooler. I imagine all of this would be very confusing for the average highschooler. But I liked the video, style and math regardless.
It felt fairly fast
This lesson on the basics of logic resembles a traditional lecture. It is well explained, although in some cases it digresses too much on simple topics. For the target to really be high-school students, I would suggest avoiding excessive mathematical formalism in the notations. Otherwise, it would be better to change the target audience and frame it for students beginning a specialized course.
Do something about the sound! Better microphone, postprocessing, or even better: voiceover. So much work in those paperslips, very nice presentation. Big win and low-hanging fruit to fix the sound.
There’s so much potential in this space to communicate the nuances of language to mathematically oriented high-school students, but I don’t think it’s approachable broadly by high scholl students.
The video moved between lucid and less lucid segments, so I thought the clarity was not quite achieved. For example, a brief explanation was spoken, different words were written, then a “long” boolean equation was written. I found that hard to follow, even though I wanted to.
The introduction was strong! I liked it because it was slower paced than the video, and the tie to media was nice, setting a scene that lulled me into a sense of confidence about what would come.