There is actually one more exam. I think it was a mistake to put this exam last, because it's for our legal research class, and no one can really figure out why it exists. It's like having the opening act go on after the last encore of the headliner.

The exam requires us to produce something called "inference chains". I think I missed class the day the instructor mentioned this. Apparently an "inference chain" is when you take, like, a fact ("Ray is immensely fat") and have to make an "inference chain" to a factual proposition you wish to prove ("Ray eats a lot").

What is an "inference chain"? Glad you asked. Apparently it's a chain of inferences. Watch how this works: Ray is immensely fat. Ray is fat because of how much he eats. (We can infer this because people who eat a lot almost always get fat.) Therefore Ray eats a lot.

You are now as prepared for the final as I am. Do you want to take it for me?

14 May 05