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that's an appeal to authority, sounds like @kens actually tried to verify this story. I'd be curious to hear more examples as well. I believe I heard something
by SonicSoul 11y ago
that's an appeal to authority, sounds like @kens actually tried to verify this story. I'd be curious to hear more examples as well. I believe I heard something similar on You're Not So Smart podcast but that might have referenced the same example
- soperj 11y agoI do think the example is bullshit, simply because you could throw ONE very thick pot and have it weight more than 50 pounds. Of course it's a horrible pot and you wouldn't get any better since you only made one piece, but it would get you an A since it would use more clay. Total # of pieces thrown would make more sense than pounds of clay used.
- diab0lic 11y agoForgive me if I've missed something but the original comment says the group that threw the most clay scored higher on creativity, not scored higher on pounds of clay thrown.
- soperj 11y agoGuess you missed something. "The second group was graded on only the total number of pounds of clay they threw."
- coverband 11y ago(Not that I think the anecdote is real, but) that's the idea -- the parable was about how the pot with the best quality was found in the 'quantity' team even though this wasn't their objective.