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Looking for both philosophical and real world examples including situation-specific ones like one field of study that it would versus another where it wouldn't. Idk I'm bored as shit and wanna discuss something.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I had a classmate who had the identity matrix tattooed on his wrist. Proctors made him wear a bandage over it. There was also a t-shirt made by the math facility with a bunch of equations that was banned from exams.

I don't think either would actually be of real help (these were for second year math courses) but the profs considered it a matter of principal.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

See this was kinda at the core of the question (but I wasn't really able to articulate it at the time). What if someone was just a huge enough nerd that they were already walking around with some kind of reference sheet tattooed on?

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If the test's purpose is to prove you have retained knowledge, wouldn't a tattoo be a permanent retention of that knowledge?

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

This is what I'm saying. Shit ain't going anywhere now bitches!