Gollum@feddit.org to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 months agoDo you know the answer?feddit.orgimagemessage-square150fedilinkarrow-up1649arrow-down117
arrow-up1632arrow-down1imageDo you know the answer?feddit.orgGollum@feddit.org to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square150fedilink
minus-squareFaceDeer@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up11·2 months agoBut if you did randomly choose the 0% option, you’d be correct. So if one of the possible answers was 0% the correct answer would be 25%.
minus-squareSculptus Poe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·2 months agoBut it wouldn’t be correct, so 0% would remain the answer.
minus-squareTFed 🍉🌻@infosec.exchangelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months ago@SculptusPoe @FaceDeer *Schrödinger’s cat enters the box*
minus-squareEch@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoThe point is that it can’t be the answer if it’s an option.
minus-squareSculptus Poe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoBut the teacher can’t mark it wrong, making it right.
minus-squareEch@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoYes, they can. That’s the problem with it being an option.
minus-squareSculptus Poe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months 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.
But if you did randomly choose the 0% option, you’d be correct. So if one of the possible answers was 0% the correct answer would be 25%.
But it wouldn’t be correct, so 0% would remain the answer.
@SculptusPoe @FaceDeer *Schrödinger’s cat enters the box*
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.