[–] henryprecheur 17y ago ↗ Funny but sound like a urban legend. [–] buugs 17y ago ↗ If it is true I'm sure that the student would have gotten at least a passing grade if was willing to risk using Feynman. [–] ruddzw 17y ago ↗ Or would have no chance of passing without him.Since it's an open-book exam, it's likely going to take a lot of thoughtful work. [–] abecedarius 17y ago ↗ Not necessarily. Tests were on the honor system at Caltech (and I suppose still are). You typically took them in your dorm room. [–] CamperBob 17y ago ↗ So there's only one class at the entire school, called "Google 101"? [–] abecedarius 17y ago ↗ Heh. I remember one open-book midterm in particular: my score of 56% got a B.Michael Nielsen's conducting a different sort of Google 101 here: http://michaelnielsen.org/blog/?page_id=503
[–] buugs 17y ago ↗ If it is true I'm sure that the student would have gotten at least a passing grade if was willing to risk using Feynman. [–] ruddzw 17y ago ↗ Or would have no chance of passing without him.Since it's an open-book exam, it's likely going to take a lot of thoughtful work.
[–] ruddzw 17y ago ↗ Or would have no chance of passing without him.Since it's an open-book exam, it's likely going to take a lot of thoughtful work.
[–] abecedarius 17y ago ↗ Not necessarily. Tests were on the honor system at Caltech (and I suppose still are). You typically took them in your dorm room. [–] CamperBob 17y ago ↗ So there's only one class at the entire school, called "Google 101"? [–] abecedarius 17y ago ↗ Heh. I remember one open-book midterm in particular: my score of 56% got a B.Michael Nielsen's conducting a different sort of Google 101 here: http://michaelnielsen.org/blog/?page_id=503
[–] CamperBob 17y ago ↗ So there's only one class at the entire school, called "Google 101"? [–] abecedarius 17y ago ↗ Heh. I remember one open-book midterm in particular: my score of 56% got a B.Michael Nielsen's conducting a different sort of Google 101 here: http://michaelnielsen.org/blog/?page_id=503
[–] abecedarius 17y ago ↗ Heh. I remember one open-book midterm in particular: my score of 56% got a B.Michael Nielsen's conducting a different sort of Google 101 here: http://michaelnielsen.org/blog/?page_id=503
[–] sethg 17y ago ↗ This is the sort of hack that Feynman himself would have pulled, back when he was an undergraduate.
[–] kqr2 17y ago ↗ Even if they had explicitly written Feynman's Lectures on Physics on the exam, the students could have asked Feynman to give a special lecture which happens to cover all of the exam material.
[–] varjag 17y ago ↗ Half an hour, why it took him so long? [–] Semiapies 17y ago ↗ Obviously, he made sure to use good penmanship.
[–] Semiapies 17y ago ↗ He can't have been the only person in the class who had the thought. I would have; I just wouldn't have dared.True or not, funny story.
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[ 5.2 ms ] story [ 34.6 ms ] threadSince it's an open-book exam, it's likely going to take a lot of thoughtful work.
Michael Nielsen's conducting a different sort of Google 101 here: http://michaelnielsen.org/blog/?page_id=503
True or not, funny story.