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Lumifer comments on Exams and Overfitting - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Lumifer 06 January 2015 07:50:31PM 10 points [-]

When I take a class, my goal is to learn the material.

Do note that it is NOT "pass the exam with the top grade".

I see no contradiction between wanting to learn and wanting to munchkin the exam. I don't have much respect for university exams.