Comment by Beijinger
My roommate can solve this. And he just turned 6. I gave him today some equations with two unknowns....
My roommate can solve this. And he just turned 6. I gave him today some equations with two unknowns....
what does it add to the conversation? The fact that incoming UCSD freshman cannot solve the problem is being brought up as a failure. That this six year old can solve it does nothing to address the issue of UCSD students being unable to solve a problem that we all expect them to. It it as if you are a stoichastic parrot, bringing up a fact that, yes, it happens to be true, because it is nearby on some vector space. Hence the downvotes.
It may come across as bragging to some. You can decide if that is fair.
Well, if someone feels extremely inferior, true.
Many mothers claim their child is gifted. In this case, I believe it. It is not my son, unfortunately. I am just in a roommate situation.
I give him math challenges sometimes. Today I started introducing equations with 2 unknowns.
My father taught me simple algebra when I was around 8 using puzzles.
Why the Downvote? It is true.