13/ The most common (dumb) response was "the question didn't say 'estimate' ". (a) the question was #9. To argue 'but the question didn't say 'estimate' is to implicitly assert full knowledge of the entire quiz -including title at the top, which might very well be 'Estimating'
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24/ There were multiple people who said "I can't imagine a single reason why XYZ" This is argument from ignorance. The fact that you can not imagine it is not proof of anything aside from your limited imagination. Pro tip: if you ever are tempted to say that, ask instead >>>
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26/ Then, of course, there was the person who got upset when I said that it was an argument by ignorance by being offended that I was calling him ignorance. (a) it's a phrase ("by" is not as common as "from", but is still common) (b) even if it wasn't, it was truthful
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27/ I challenged several folks who said "it doesn't say estimate" to tell me what the instructions at the top of the page were. All responded "I can't see the top, so I'm going on what I can see". This ... ah... Look, if you're saying the teacher is an idiot, then >
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28/ You're implicitly arguing "there is NO context in which the teacher's mark down is valid". In which case, saying "I can't see the context" is not a defense of your position. In that case you have to somehow enumerate every single possible context and disprove them all.
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29/ Several people called me dumb or derp. Which is ... surprising. If my argument has a flaw, point to the flaw in the argument. If you can't see a flaw, ad hominems do not seem useful.
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30/ Anyway,
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31/ damnit, @kaijubushi , yes, that's the one that I added and then deleted, then added, then deleted https://twitter.com/kaijubushi/status/1128996584048529409 …
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32/ OF COURSE I'M TOO INVESTED ! https://twitter.com/NonPlayerCaoCao/status/1128996169793908737 …
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