tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post8921956273968007134..comments2024-03-27T20:37:09.185-05:00Comments on Alexander Pruss's Blog: Better than perfectAlexander R Prusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-58840249861445491192013-12-11T08:09:37.801-06:002013-12-11T08:09:37.801-06:00Heath:
You may be right.
If so, then the big que...Heath:<br /><br />You may be right.<br /><br />If so, then the big question for perfect being theology is: What is it that the perfect being is perfect at?Alexander R Prusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-22484275660950074382013-12-11T08:08:37.476-06:002013-12-11T08:08:37.476-06:00Or the university has bad policies and refuses to ...Or the university has bad policies and refuses to waive prerequisites.Alexander R Prusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-1576834509502403462013-12-10T20:27:05.925-06:002013-12-10T20:27:05.925-06:00If the student is doing stuff like this in Calculu...If the student is doing stuff like this in Calculus 101 then maybe she is taking a class she doesn't need to be taking. She needs to be in a way more advanced class at the graduate level, because Calculus 101 is nothing but an easy A. This is like beating up on bantam weight boxers when one should really be in the welterweight class. Either that or she really wants to impress everyone.Dagmara Lizlovshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14744785407281199347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-13413623885636127592013-12-10T12:57:42.939-06:002013-12-10T12:57:42.939-06:00I think the general moral is that "perfect&qu...I think the general moral is that "perfect" is a partial predicate. The full predicate is "perfect at X" or "a perfect F." Then "better" is (at least sometimes) a non-partial predicate, such that a perfect F is better than a perfect G. Or maybe: "better" is a partial predicate but can be applied to wider domains, so e.g. a perfect number-theorist is better, in a mathematical way, than a perfect number-theory-exam-taker.Heath Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13535886546816778688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-86118097494979004922013-12-10T08:36:35.005-06:002013-12-10T08:36:35.005-06:00Good point.
Vary the case. Student is doing a gr...Good point.<br /><br />Vary the case. Student is doing a graduate-level exam in number theory. She is asked to prove some known theorems about the distribution of prime numbers. She gives an elegant proof of the Riemann Zeta Conjecture and shows how the other theorems quickly follow from it.Alexander R Prusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-45264218168782060442013-12-10T07:13:27.339-06:002013-12-10T07:13:27.339-06:00When the student is writing her impressive proof, ...When the student is writing her impressive proof, is she (in that act) taking the calculus exam? Or is she doing something else?SMatthewStoltehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06632670946997680263noreply@blogger.com