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re: Professor presents his class with dilemma
Posted on 7/16/15 at 3:31 pm to tigeraddict
Posted on 7/16/15 at 3:31 pm to tigeraddict
quote:
n fair question
anyone who had an A in the class would have checked the 6 point option with the goal in mind of getting more then 10% so it would hurt the others who do not have As
they would be more concerned with class rank....
Agree, assuming there is some type of curve in place, if everyone in the class gets 2 points it's the same as no one getting them...
6 points is definitely the correct answer.
If you select 6 points, there is a chance that you will end up with 4 additional points that 90% of the class didn't get.
If you select 2 points, then best case scenario you have the same amount of extra points as everyone in your class, but more likely there will be some classmates that have a 4 point advantage on you.
This post was edited on 7/16/15 at 3:32 pm
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Posted on 7/16/15 at 3:33 pm to Jim Rockford
6 for me. I'm betting less than 10% of the rest are as selfish and self-centered as I am.
Posted on 7/16/15 at 3:37 pm to Jim Rockford
I do this when I go out to bars. "Ladies you can either choose to suck me off or frick me, but if more than 10% of you choose to frick I'm just gonna go home and jerk-off."
I end up jerking off a lot.
I end up jerking off a lot.
Posted on 7/16/15 at 3:46 pm to tigeraddict
quote:Since it's unlikely that there is a true normalization (i.e., curving up and down, down being the key here) in an introduction to social psych class, this reasoning doesn't make much sense. Therefore, the students with relative safe grades would be more likely to choose 2 then.
un fair question
anyone who had an A in the class would have checked the 6 point option with the goal in mind of getting more then 10% so it would hurt the others who do not have As
they would be more concerned with class rank....
Posted on 7/16/15 at 3:47 pm to Jim Rockford
This is dumb because 2 points don't really help on a test and of course its impossible to get the 6% and it's impossible to get the 2% as people are greedy. And this is Germans, but no one called it.
Posted on 7/16/15 at 3:50 pm to TigerPanzer
quote:Well looking at the course catalog, it appears that that the course enrollment is capped at 150. So given a full course of 150, you better hope that no more than 13 of the remaining 149 (8.7%) are as selfish as you.
6 for me. I'm betting less than 10% of the rest are as selfish and self-centered as I am.
Posted on 7/16/15 at 3:51 pm to Napoleon
quote:So it's a story you've already read and possibly commented on, and the best response you could provide is pure nonsense?
This is dumb because 2 points don't really help on a test and of course its impossible to get the 6% and it's impossible to get the 2% as people are greedy. And this is Germans, but no one called it.
Posted on 7/16/15 at 3:52 pm to Jim Rockford
Nash equilibrium.
Students should have read up on it before they chose 6 points.
Students should have read up on it before they chose 6 points.
Posted on 7/16/15 at 3:52 pm to Jim Rockford
Easy I would pick 2.
Posted on 7/16/15 at 4:13 pm to Jim Rockford
Teaching socialism as a moral issue is unethical. He basically said "if you care about yourself more than the collective, you're going to be punished".
Capitalism is based on the idea that everyone working toward their own good is beneficial to the collective, and not in a limiting way like socialism. With capitalism, everyone isn't guaranteed a six, but they're not limited to a 2.
This is why so many college graduates today are really no more "educated" than they went in.
Capitalism is based on the idea that everyone working toward their own good is beneficial to the collective, and not in a limiting way like socialism. With capitalism, everyone isn't guaranteed a six, but they're not limited to a 2.
This is why so many college graduates today are really no more "educated" than they went in.
This post was edited on 7/16/15 at 4:14 pm
Posted on 7/16/15 at 4:42 pm to buckeye_vol
quote:
Well looking at the course catalog, it appears that that the course enrollment is capped at 150. So given a full course of 150, you better hope that no more than 13 of the remaining 149 (8.7%) are as selfish as you.
Don't you mean "no more than 14 of the remaining 149"?
Posted on 7/16/15 at 4:50 pm to Jim Rockford
Would have been interesting to see the result if he said the names would NOT be anonymous.
Posted on 7/16/15 at 4:54 pm to tigerdup07
Extra credit is for retards
Posted on 7/16/15 at 5:00 pm to WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot
quote:I was assuming 10% or more, but looking back, it does say more than 10% so you're probably right.
Don't you mean "no more than 14 of the remaining 149"?
This post was edited on 7/16/15 at 5:02 pm
Posted on 7/16/15 at 5:02 pm to Jim Rockford
John Nash and Matthew Broderick approve of this
Posted on 7/16/15 at 5:15 pm to studentsect
quote:
Agree, assuming there is some type of curve in place, if everyone in the class gets 2 points it's the same as no one getting them...
6 points is definitely the correct answer.
If you select 6 points, there is a chance that you will end up with 4 additional points that 90% of the class didn't get.
If you select 2 points, then best case scenario you have the same amount of extra points as everyone in your class, but more likely there will be some classmates that have a 4 point advantage on you.
This is exactly right. One other point is that it is exceedingly unlikely that you will be the vote that pushes the class from 9.9% to 10%. The odds are high that the 10% threshold will be met (or not) irrespective of your vote - so you should discount its importance accordingly.
I talked my wife through this last night. I bet there is a strong gender bias in these answers, with women being more likely to say 2%. That is what she said at first but I won her over with the sheer overpowering force of my masculine logic.
Posted on 7/16/15 at 5:28 pm to tigerdup07
Need more info. Are there more than 50 questions to where 2 points makes a difference? How many total students? If its like 60 I know there are more than 6 jackasses so o go low, 20-30, depends on my confidence on the material and the original question of 2 points means I get to miss 1 freebie
Posted on 7/16/15 at 5:42 pm to NikolaiJakov
quote:
Teaching socialism as a moral issue is unethical. He basically said "if you care about yourself more than the collective, you're going to be punished".
Capitalism is based on the idea that everyone working toward their own good is beneficial to the collective, and not in a limiting way like socialism. With capitalism, everyone isn't guaranteed a six, but they're not limited to a 2.
Conversely, it's a Tragedy Of The Commons scenario. eg, if everybody overfishes, eventually nobody gets any fish.
Posted on 7/16/15 at 6:19 pm to Jim Rockford
The dumbasses probably didn't realize that if less than 10% of the class had chosen 6 points that they would all get 6 points in the end.
Posted on 7/16/15 at 6:46 pm to Gusoline
WTF?
Damnit man,
did you even read the frickin' paragraph in the OP?
It clearly states "final paper grade," twice. It says absolutely nothing about a test or any questions.
GTFO, moron.
You too, Napoleon!
Damnit man,
did you even read the frickin' paragraph in the OP?
It clearly states "final paper grade," twice. It says absolutely nothing about a test or any questions.
GTFO, moron.
You too, Napoleon!
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