Gollum@feddit.org to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 5 days agoDo you know the answer?feddit.orgimagemessage-square151fedilinkarrow-up1648arrow-down117
arrow-up1631arrow-down1imageDo you know the answer?feddit.orgGollum@feddit.org to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square151fedilink
minus-squareEch@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoThe point is that it can’t be the answer if it’s an option.
minus-squareSculptus Poe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoBut the teacher can’t mark it wrong, making it right.
minus-squareEch@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoYes, they can. That’s the problem with it being an option.
minus-squareSculptus Poe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoIf they mark it wrong, and all the others, if chosen, are wrong, then your answer was right and they would have to fix their mistake. That wave collapses to there being 0% chance of being right.
The point is that it can’t be the answer if it’s an option.
But the teacher can’t mark it wrong, making it right.
Yes, they can. That’s the problem with it being an option.
If they mark it wrong, and all the others, if chosen, are wrong, then your answer was right and they would have to fix their mistake. That wave collapses to there being 0% chance of being right.
Nope.