How do readers think the introduction of machine scored "multiple choice" tests and exams replacing written answers affected logic and reasoning? Smart kids could guess the "right" answer without explaining why. Debates requiring arguing for the opposition position build understanding of your own.
How do readers think the introduction of machine scored "multiple choice" tests and exams replacing written answers affected logic and reasoning? Smart kids could guess the "right" answer without explaining why. Debates requiring arguing for the opposition position build understanding of your own.
The 100% failure rate on a 1982 SAT question correctly illustrates the problem. The only three students who actually worked out the correct answer and how they acted illustrates the dangers we face now. https://youtu.be/FUHkTs-Ipfg?si=0B69JrIS24bZE3LS
A frequent criticism of some climate scientists is their failure to archive data, even when required by contract, with the excuse in some cases of "proprietary" data ownership by the researcher or a defensive "why should I show it to you since you will only try to pick holes in it?"
As Richard Horton, longtime editor of "The Lancet stated", “The case against science is straightforward: much of the scientific literature, perhaps half, may simply be untrue." largely because it can not be replicated. When there is no funding for replication and rather than prestige, you may be attacked or fired for threatening individual or institutional reputation, the whole foundation of science crumbles. Lucrative areas are especially vulnerable as James Cook University Dr. Peter Ridd found out.
"Science is not a theory or a truth, it is a method for puzzle-solving and thus
better understanding the natural world. It is fundamentally about amassing data either
through observation or experimentation that becomes evidence to either prove or
disprove hypotheses. There are many alternatives to science including myth. A myth
is a traditional story often explaining supernatural beings or events. People have a
tendency to gravitate to myth. Individuals may be able to recognise myth in organised
religion but find it very difficult to discern when it comes to environmentalism,
Perhaps there is hope with the curious and still independent under grad who exposed academic misconduct by Stanford's president and the similar termination at Harvard's for plagiarism.
How do readers think the introduction of machine scored "multiple choice" tests and exams replacing written answers affected logic and reasoning? Smart kids could guess the "right" answer without explaining why. Debates requiring arguing for the opposition position build understanding of your own.
The 100% failure rate on a 1982 SAT question correctly illustrates the problem. The only three students who actually worked out the correct answer and how they acted illustrates the dangers we face now. https://youtu.be/FUHkTs-Ipfg?si=0B69JrIS24bZE3LS
A frequent criticism of some climate scientists is their failure to archive data, even when required by contract, with the excuse in some cases of "proprietary" data ownership by the researcher or a defensive "why should I show it to you since you will only try to pick holes in it?"
As Richard Horton, longtime editor of "The Lancet stated", “The case against science is straightforward: much of the scientific literature, perhaps half, may simply be untrue." largely because it can not be replicated. When there is no funding for replication and rather than prestige, you may be attacked or fired for threatening individual or institutional reputation, the whole foundation of science crumbles. Lucrative areas are especially vulnerable as James Cook University Dr. Peter Ridd found out.
"Science is not a theory or a truth, it is a method for puzzle-solving and thus
better understanding the natural world. It is fundamentally about amassing data either
through observation or experimentation that becomes evidence to either prove or
disprove hypotheses. There are many alternatives to science including myth. A myth
is a traditional story often explaining supernatural beings or events. People have a
tendency to gravitate to myth. Individuals may be able to recognise myth in organised
religion but find it very difficult to discern when it comes to environmentalism,
particularly if central tenets are not allowed to be challenged." https://ipa.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/The-Science-Behind-Peter-Ridds-Dismissal-Jennifer-Marohasy.pdf
Perhaps there is hope with the curious and still independent under grad who exposed academic misconduct by Stanford's president and the similar termination at Harvard's for plagiarism.