Does anyone think that it is funny when someone puts "degree in mathematics" (or something else like that) in the source section, but are wrong?
2006-06-18 17:23:40 · 9 answers · asked by Eulercrosser 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
I just read my question . . . please change "are" to "is." Honestly, I know how to conjugate :) (mathematically too).
2006-06-18 17:25:48 · update #1
I make mistakes all the time :). But I don't put that I have a degree in math, or that I'm going for my PhD as a source.
2006-06-18 17:32:37 · update #2
Mathematician, you should have actually answered the question instead of assuming. You know what they say about assuming . . .
2006-06-19 00:40:48 · update #3
It's often easy to misread a question. It's also easy for an asker to make a typo and ask a question they didn't mean to ask. Recently someone asked for the derivative of 1^z and gave the answer they wanted. Since that answer was clearly wrong, it was clear that they actually wanted the derivative of i^z. So in my answer, I showed how to get the derivative of i^z. One other poster then claimed I was wrong. *shrug*
2006-06-19 00:28:21 · answer #1 · answered by mathematician 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Maybe a bit (ha!). I have noticed a few people post their credentials(degree and/or profession) and sometimes they are wrong, and somtimes their answers are a bit stupid (not just misreading the details of a problem). But we all make mistakes. However, I think your answer should speak for itself because I have noticed a few clearly incorrect answers have been obviously chosen by somewhat confused questioners because of stated credentials. As far as stats go, nearly 70% of questions go to a vote, so I know that if people have much more than a 30% "Best Answer" rate, then they obviously pad their results by voting for themselves(and using other tricks of the trade), So they are clearly greedy for points and one would question the purity of their motive for putting personal credentials in the source section.
Conclusion: Let your answer speak for itself!
I could put IQ 160 in the source section, but how is that going to help anybody if I answer incorrectly, or even correctly, but my answer is really not the best.
2006-06-19 01:53:26 · answer #2 · answered by Jimbo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've probably done it.
edit: I will say that my record speaks for itself. And, just because I have a PhD doesn't mean I have all of the answers.
I only ever post my credentials when I am 100% sure of my answers. I typically do it if there are a lot of bad answers to a question, so that mine will be taken seriously. If I'm not totally sure (which is rare when I'm answering a question), then I don't post it. But it is in my profile.
2006-06-19 00:28:13 · answer #3 · answered by blahb31 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Funny?
No.
Sad?
Yes.
Besides, I've noticed that just because one has a degree does not make that person a de facto expert in anything. I've known plenty of illogical non-thinkers with doctorates, and perhaps as many brilliant people with no degree at all.
2006-06-19 00:58:11 · answer #4 · answered by Scott R 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No flip 3 in a row for one deck of cards
and flip 2 in a row in the next deck
2006-06-19 01:13:53 · answer #5 · answered by edgerton10uncw 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah... I'm pursuing a BMath degree, but I've never put that in my source
2006-06-19 00:59:29 · answer #6 · answered by coffeecoke 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that depends on how you define "is". on the other hand, if you're at some school where they pretend to have ph.d.'s in math, then i don't want my kids going there.
2006-06-19 00:31:49 · answer #7 · answered by charlemagne666 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes
2006-06-19 00:29:31 · answer #8 · answered by latins_snake 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no
2006-06-19 00:27:25 · answer #9 · answered by beanz 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋