Nummer två i serien av budord låter så här: (Länk till källan)
2. Do not think it worth while to proceed by concealing evidence, for the evidence is sure to come to light.
Stämmer bra! I en undervisningsgrupp på däromkring 20 studerande, finns det minsann alltid några som är speciellt bra på att tänka rationellt, ifrågaställa och söka fram fakta. Far man fram med ofullständiga, eller direkt felaktiga, resonemang, kan man räkna med att avslöjas snabbt.
Under bloggarens drygt 30-åriga karriär som lärare, har det skett en tydlig utveckling här. Auktoritetstroendet har minskat till förmån för ett självständigt kunskapssökande. Det här gäller inte alla studerande, men andelen HAR ökat. Än finns det hopp för mänskligheten.
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Several professors were asked to solve the following problem:
”Prove that all odd integers are prime.”
Mathematician:
3 is a prime, 5 is a prime, 7 is a prime, 9 is not a prime – counter-example – claim is false.
Physicist: 3 is a prime, 5 is a prime, 7 is a prime, 9 is an experimental error, 11 is a prime …
Engineer: 3 is a prime, 5 is a prime, 7 is a prime, 9 is a prime, 11 is a prime …
Computer Scientist: 3’s a prime, 5’s a prime, 7’s a prime … segmentation fault
Lawyers: one is prime, three is prime, five is prime, seven is prime, although there appears to be prima facie evidence that nine is not prime, there exists substantial precedent to indicate that nine should be considered prime. The following brief presents the case for nine’s primeness…
Liberals: The fact that nine is not prime indicates a deprived cultural environment which can only be remedied by a federally funded cultural enrichment program.
Computer programmers: one is prime, three is prime, five is prime, five is prime, five is prime, five is prime five is prime, five is prime, five is prime…
Professor: 3 is prime, 5 is prime, 7 is prime, and the rest are left as an exercise for the student.
Linguist: 3 is an odd prime, 5 is an odd prime, 7 is an odd prime, 9 is a very odd prime,…
Computer Scientist: 10 prime, 11 prime, 101 prime…
Chemist: 1 prime, 3 prime, 5 prime… hey, let’s publish!
New Yorker: 3 is prime, 5 is prime, 7 is prime, 9 is… NONE OF YOUR DAMN BUSINESS!
Programmer: 3 is prime, 5 is prime, 7 is prime, 9 will be fixed in the next release,…
Salesperson: 3 is a prime, 5 is a prime, 7 is a prime, 9 — let me make you a deal…
Advertiser: 3 is a prime, 5 is a prime, 7 is a prime, 11 is a prime,…
Accountant: 3 is prime, 5 is prime, 7 is prime, 9 is prime, deducting 10% tax and 5% other obligations.
Statistician: Let’s try several randomly chosen numbers: 17 is a prime, 23 is a prime, 11 is a prime… Looks good to me.
Psychologist: 3 is a prime, 5 is a prime, 7 is a prime, 9 is a prime but tries to suppress it…