Re:Scores for Adults Are Dropping on Tests of Basic Skills
by hyperbrainer on Monday December 16, 2024 @03:47AM
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But the text says "seems", not that it actually "becomes" soft at 9%. Depending on your view of language, whether the answer is there changes.
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Re:Scores for Adults Are Dropping on Tests of Basic Skills
by Gigachad on Monday December 16, 2024 @03:16PM
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“Seems” here being “you experience it as soft” since soft isn’t an absolute thing. Since there are no other mentions of percentages that are soft there isn’t really anything else to mix it up with.
Re:Scores for Adults Are Dropping on Tests of Basic Skills
by lesuorac on Tuesday December 17, 2024 @08:14AM
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That line of thinking breaks down in the real world though.
Its like when some scientist reports they killed 70% of cancer cells in the lab and a news report comes out with scientists develop treatment for 70% of cancer.
You cannot just take "scientist reports they killed 70% of cancer cells in the lab" and then follow-up with a question of "what percent of cancer did the scientist cure?" and then use the only percentage you saw ("70%") as the answer. The information given wasn't not sufficient to answer the question asked; in a test scenario, sure make an assumption but in the real world just get clarification ...