answer this question....

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August 5th, 2003, 04:47 PM
SHATOUSHKA

1.5 + 1.5 = 

A) one

B) two

C) three

D) all of the above

E) none of the above

F) i don't know

FYI -- just post your answer... don't give
any additional commentary to the question.

will explain later
August 5th, 2003, 04:50 PM
TastinGood

E
August 5th, 2003, 05:12 PM
zelazny

i'll go for the obvious one :
C!
August 5th, 2003, 05:29 PM
Cyalaytr

F... only because i know Shatzy wouldnt put the obvious answer up there only to explain that in a different world ran by little green aliens who know how to tangent from a given point by a light year and end up in the past.

Or in other words i hope she wouldnt think we were obviously that stupid given that 2+2=5 only if you have very large quantities of 2. (Computer joke sorry)

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August 5th, 2003, 05:51 PM
zelazny

Yes, but she'd think we'd think that too, wouldn't she.
Instead i thought "Well, i can try go guess which one she wants me to guess, but why bother, i'll just go for the one i'd take"
August 5th, 2003, 05:58 PM
SHATOUSHKA

Quote:

Originally posted by Cyalaytr:
http://www.olivehouse.com/images/missscarlett.gif

LMMFAO!!!! [img]graemlins/thumbs_up.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/thumbs_up.gif[/img]
August 5th, 2003, 08:04 PM
Ivana

C
August 5th, 2003, 08:11 PM
imaslave4junior

i think its C too
August 5th, 2003, 09:44 PM
TastinGood

I change my answer to B
August 6th, 2003, 12:03 AM
Cyalaytr

Quote:

Originally posted by shatzy:
<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Cyalaytr:
http://www.olivehouse.com/images/missscarlett.gif

LMMFAO!!!! [img]graemlins/thumbs_up.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/thumbs_up.gif[/img] <hr /></blockquote>Did ya notice I even went to the trouble of getting the garlic stuffed ones?? HMMMMMMM yummy
August 6th, 2003, 01:09 AM
zelazny

Now i really wonder what this test is supposed to tell you about us.
August 6th, 2003, 12:20 PM
zelazny

wha! she has an IQ of 185+ ?!
August 6th, 2003, 02:16 PM
GravyTrain

Well, i am going to say none of the above....there really is no question, just a simple math statement.

if it would have been something more along the lines of 1.5 + 1.5 = x what does x equal?

i would have answered that with 3, but that is not the question. 1.5 could be a class referencing one of its variables for all I know

i refuse to give a final answer
August 6th, 2003, 02:17 PM
imaslave4junior

i have a veryyy high IQ [img]graemlins/smarty.gif[/img]
August 6th, 2003, 03:39 PM
Cyalaytr

That I like olives and that Shatzy IQ is about 50 points higher then most people who frequent the Acrop site?? [img]tongue.gif[/img]
August 6th, 2003, 08:50 PM
GravyTrain

Quote:

Originally posted by shatzy:
1.5 + 1.5 =

A) one
B) two
C) three
D) all of the above
E) none of the above
F) i don't know

I return to make another stab....I still see no question in the original post. i see only groups of symbols that through our pourly designed mathematical schools, we have been trained to accept this symbols as numbers, decimal points, addition and equal signs. but, i once again say there is no question, simple a grouping of symbols. Therefore I have no ANSWER, but rather a response.
August 6th, 2003, 08:55 PM
zelazny

Hmmmm.. good point.
Well, i guess everything will become clear when shatzy tells us what she meant with it.
August 6th, 2003, 10:09 PM
SHATOUSHKA

it was correct in assuming i meant more than just
what was offered... and clearly gravy has a valid
point -- as he came the closest to what i was
going to try and get at.

the point is, there is no correct answer.

even if you were to assume the 'question' to be
a true question....

<ul type="square">[*]1.5 pieces of fruit + 1.5 pieces of fruit equal
one group of fruit[*]1.5 parts of a candy bar + 1.5 parts of a tree
equals 2 groups (because both groups cannot be
combined due to their obvious differences).[*]elementary mathematics states 1.5 + 1.5 = 3[*]the above shows how the Q can equal all of the above[*]naturally if you were unaware of what the
different elements referred to, it could be answer E or F[/list]of course it was pointed out to me that the particular
'question' necessitates that the answer is C...
simply because it necessitates mathematics in general,
my point to this thread was not how well you
answer math... but how you think in terms of
thinking for yourself... and how we value it
(in terms of a grading scale individually).

i know this seems ridiculously simple and stupid...

but i was thinking about all of those essay/test
questions in which the professor lets you 'answer
in your own opinion'.

i think we all can admit to excelling in such a
question... because we (in a sense) KNOW that
what the prof. is REALLY asking --

<ul type="square">[*]show me what you know about what you've been taught[*]see how well you apply your own perspective
to what you have learned[*]surprise me with something profound[/list]naturally the list can go on and on....
but my point is that in such situations, we are
guided by prompts that are not our own, per se.
even though the question may ASK your opinion,
you aren't really giving your opinion... but
in a sense, shrouding your opinion behind a mask
of other ques.

additionally, on such tests, what is your 'opinion'
really being graded against?
if its assumed that you are giving your genuine
interpretation of a question... how can your
interpretation be sized up against the interpretation
of the professor?

how is your interpretation/opinion really valued?
(thats a rhetorical question)

perhaps there was a better way to determine the
answer to the question that i seek. however,
i also wanted to notice if there were any extraneous
prompts that went into the answers you gave.

hmmmmm.....
August 6th, 2003, 10:53 PM
zelazny

the bad thing is, the thought had crossed my mind, so that might invalidaty my reasoning for my answer [img]eek.gif[/img]
August 7th, 2003, 12:05 AM
SHATOUSHKA

heh heh... you are cursed with living a paradox, aren't you? [img]tongue.gif[/img]
August 7th, 2003, 12:09 AM
zelazny

Well ofcourse, else it wouldn't be a paradox.

I like paradoxes [img]smile.gif[/img]
August 7th, 2003, 12:23 AM
SHATOUSHKA

well they like you too [img]tongue.gif[/img]
August 7th, 2003, 12:25 AM
zelazny

heh... yes.. for some reason they do [img]confused.gif[/img]
August 8th, 2003, 02:26 PM
Aaron Brown

I believe the answer is "D", All of the above. For the reasons listed by shatzy.
August 8th, 2003, 04:13 PM
SHATOUSHKA

that is usually the case, yes [img]redface.gif[/img]
August 9th, 2003, 03:43 AM
Cyalaytr

HMMMM soooooo what you are saying is that the smaller the post you make at first will result in an ending that your resolving post is 53x larger then the beginning one? [img]eek.gif[/img]