14/ Even if the quiz doesn't say 'estimating' across the top, context matters. If the last week was teaching reverse polish notation on an engineering calculator, then the correct answer is "I punched 28, then 103, then plus key". If context is 'estimating'...
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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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