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I remember bombing a biology exam because I spent like 60% of the available time on a single question: "Is it good or bad for digestion to drink water with dinn
by rustybolt 4y ago
I remember bombing a biology exam because I spent like 60% of the available time on a single question: "Is it good or bad for digestion to drink water with dinner?"
I mentally went over all the course notes, and was sure this was never covered directly. So, I thought, something must have been covered from which I can deduce this. Again I went over all the course notes mentally, and decided that was certainly not the case. I could made up an argument why it would be good for digestion, and why it would be bad for digestion.
Since no explanation was asked, I decided to approach it as a multiple choice question. Since I could recall more evidence for it being bad for digestion, I simply wrote that down.
I got 0 points. According to the teacher's key, could be either, as long as it included an argument (it was along the lines of "water makes food soft" which was not covered in the course because it's common sense).
Still get frustrated about it. Something can't be both bad and good. The question states "X is bad or good, which is it?", not "think of an argument why X could be bad or why X could be good". It basically rewards bullshitting and punishes answering the question faithfully.
I went into STEM after that.
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- mmh0000 4y agoWhich discipline is biology included under: A) Science A far as we know consciousness runs on magic, so biology isn’t science. B) Technology Biology isn’t created by an intelligence, so it can’t be technology. C) Engineering If it is engineering, it’s very bad engineering. What kind of engineer runs a toxic waste pipe directly through a recreation area? D) Mathematics Everything is math, too vague. E) None of the above Maybe E.
- LudwigNagasena 4y agoBiology doesn’t really study consciousness.
- viraptor 4y agoYou're wrong in A - biology doesn't care about consciousness. And in B - biology can be very much created and simulated these days. C is a fun joke, but realistically - it's good efficiency and we have reflexes that shut off most nasty stuff happening by accident when we recreate.
- trashtester 4y agoAnimal behavior is part of Biology. Humans are animals, so Psychology is a subfield of Biology in that sense. If consciousness is relevant for Psychology it is indirectly relevant for Biology, and even more so if it is relevant for the behavior of any species apart from humans. I'm pretty sure Biology is Science, though, even if there could be some magic hidden there. PARTS of Biology also fall under B, C and D (Biotech, Bioengineering, Game Theory), so one could claim that the answer is ALL of the above.
- datpiff 4y agoBiology isn't STEM now?
- willismichael 4y agoThere's no B in STEM /s
- rustybolt 4y agoIt is, I used it more as a synonym for math and engineering, but that's apparently incorrect.