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You could, someone actually commented there, asking the prof: >"how do you know who posted the question? In this forum anyone can post under any name...". The
by eranation 14y ago
You could, someone actually commented there, asking the prof:
>"how do you know who posted the question? In this forum anyone can post under any name...".
The prof replied (as an answer, not a comment):
>"Anyone stupid enough to cheat is stupid enough to use their own name."
http://math.stackexchange.com/a/257156/23944 http://math.stackexchange.com/a/257156/23944
Since it will most likely be deleted by the mods very soon (merely because its not a mathematical answer), here is the screenshot
http://i.imgur.com/TtqHG.png http://i.imgur.com/TtqHG.png
So, to be fair, we don't know if the prof is using his real name or it's just a friend of the OP trying to pull a prank. We'll probably never know.
- afterburner 14y agoDoes this prof seriously think only stupid people cheat?
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- olgeni 14y agoMaybe he thinks that only stupid people cheat stupidly.
- tommaxwell 14y agoWell it's a professor, so he probably really does think only stupid people cheat.
- bunderbunder 14y ago>"Anyone stupid enough to cheat is stupid enough to use their own name." Darn. You'd think if there's anyone who could be trusted to not affirm the consequent, it would be a math professor.
- eranation 14y agoYep, but we can't know if it's really him, it could be a fellow student as far as we know...
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- FreakLegion 14y agoIn this case that's a premise, not an argument, i.e. not a fallacy.