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  • Kent Pitmankentpitman@climatejustice.social
    Oct 18, 2026, 2:05 AM

    @screwlisp

    > that would reveal they were cheating!

    Seems like it.

    Plus the purpose of doing homework in school isn't because the professor thinks you have an answer to something they've been wondering about, it's that it's believed that if you let the thoughts go into your head, mix around awhile, and try to come back out, you'll learn by side-effect. All this biz where people are worried about the answers LOOK like misses the point that it's hard for the professor to see whether it went through your head at all.

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  • David, a Bostonian in Tokyo.djl@mastodon.mit.edu
    Oct 18, 2026, 2:55 AM

    @kentpitman @screwlisp

    Exactly. If you work the homework problems yourself, you'll learn the technical terms, what they mean, and how they work together.

    Then when someone suggests brazing high-stength aluminum you'll remember how said material is made and realize that that's a seriously bad idea. But if you just coppied Chatty's answers when you were taking 3.091 at MIT, you won't remember, your part will fail, and your company will get sued.

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