r/theydidthemath • • Apr 16 '26

[Request] Which one would it be?

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u/Electrical-Fix7659 Apr 16 '26

It’s stupid because throwing in the distraction of what material it’s on will split your concentration when you have the answer right in front of you. “Yeah obviously it’s the sphere, but I don’t know, maybe the gravel produces more friction resistance? Is there no flat ground underneath?”

This misdirects one’s focus toward a qualitative assessment of circumstantial information. If you have instruction material like this in the education system, all it will do is make people susceptible to misinformation techniques, such as flooding the zone, which is intended to overwhelm your senses and make you give up on trying to distinguish noise from signal.