To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (765435 ) 1/24/2014 2:20:24 AM From: Bilow Read Replies (1) | Respond to Hi J_F_Shepard; False. You might not agree with some of my complaints but a story needs only one false element to be a false story.A young college student ... "; False: He was a PhD candidate, that is, an older college student.... was working hard in an upper-level math course, "; False: The class is better described as a graduate class.... for fear that he would be unable to pass. "; False: He was a PhD candidate and didn't need to pass any more classes, LOL,On the night before the final, he studied so long that he overslept the morning of the test. "; False, he thought it was a homework assignment, not a final exam.When he ran into the classroom several minutes late ... "; The actual story never mentions "ran" or "several minutes". He was late enough that he missed the explanation for the equations. Probably more like 15 minutes late.... he found three equations written on the blackboard. The first two went rather easily, but the third one seemed impossible. "; False: There were only two equations. Both equations were unsolved but believed to be true. And he didn't solve either in class.He worked frantically on it until — just ten minutes short of the deadline — "; False: There was no test. He thought they were homework problems.... he found a method that worked, and he finished the problems just as time was called. "; False: There was no test.The student turned in his test paper and left. "; False: He turned his papers in to the professor at his office. He was worried that the professor would lose it in all the other crap on his desk.That evening he received a phone call from his professor. "; False: His professor didn't look at it until six weeks later.'Do you realize what you did on the test today?' ..."; False: There was no test.he shouted at the student ."; No indication that there was any shouting. 'Oh, no,' thought the student. I must not have gotten the problems right after all. "; False: The student never doubted that his proofs were correct. 'You were only supposed to do the first two problems,' ... the professor explained. "; False: There were only two problems and neither were assigned.That last one was an example of an equation that mathematicians since Einstein have been trying to solve without success.' "; False: (a) Einstein was not a mathematician. (b) Einstein did not work on statistics problems like this. (c) The problem is in no way a fundamental or important result even in statistics.'I discussed it with the class before starting the test. And you just solved it!' " ; False: There was no test.snopes.com
