Nick_Tarleton comments on Explainers Shoot High. Aim Low! - Less Wrong

40 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 24 October 2007 01:13AM

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Comment author: Nick_Tarleton 24 October 2007 08:47:16PM 1 point [-]

Not only is that question definitely harder than anything on the SAT, but being asked to solve a problem before being taught how to do it would be nearly unheard of in any of my math classes. (I also notice "the usual precedence rules" are mentioned further down the page - I don't recall seeing those in school until 6th grade, in an advanced class.)