Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for April 16, 2013

Probability math? I don’t think it’s that easy.

Why am I not surprised?

Hard try to stand on true side!Never you know, if you can do it yourself!

Always look for the key words in true/false tests.

I wonder if he make’s patterns with the dot on the aptitude test’s to ?

Calvin, there is no black or white, think gray.

I see hes using the scientific approach.

Ah… MATH.Everyone’s old nemesis that just wouldn’t die…

Is he Two-Face?

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@dukedoug: Very good. Here are some additional thoughts on this crucial subject.The coin-toss method assumes that the teacher created a true/false test with half of the answers true and the other half false. The method falls apart if most of the correct answers are true or most are false.Also, the longer the true/false test, the more likely that the coin-toss method will deliver a 50/50 result for the questions with unknown answers. In the case of a short true/false test, there is a better chance that you will be very lucky or very unlucky.On the other hand, the longer the true/false test, the more likely it is that the teacher will see you flipping the coin and take it away from you.A safer method is to mark the first half of the unknown answers “true” and the second half “false.”Or………. wait a minute……….. should you mark the first half “false” and the second half “true”……………?

Come to think of it, it’s possible that Calvin is taking a math test on the subject of probability, and in the last panel he’s researching the answer!Nah.

I raised hell in first grade learning the difference between facts and opinions. I said the statement “My sister’s favorite color is green,” was a fact. My teacher felt otherwise.

Best two out of three.

Been there done that. I’ve even done thatwith a whole slate of football games.

There is no spoon.

My grade seven history teacher gave a twelve question true/false test. Each and every statement was true. Best result in the class was 78%.

…Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead…

This is probably where Big Nate came from…the True and False test. BTW, has anyone seen an amateur’s version of calvin in hobbes…animated? Go here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdYZClQd—k&playnext=1&list=PLV1wGu84GrG6VDWDU0r-KBptk7HGt4zMA

Cruel joke in a world where little it completely true or false — you have to know both the facts and the instructor’s politics to get their right answer!

coin flip…thats the way I have always answered true or false tests

To all who are suffering from the cowardly attack at the Boston Marathon yesterday, we are suffering with you. In this life, the actions of those who are evil will always be incomprehensible.Click here: Peanuts (February 13, 1966)Click here: Pearls Before Swine (December 28, 2003)

@Night-Gaunt49: Regarding all of the conflicts in the world, acts of war and terrorism need to end on all sides. But, sadly, while it may be possible to visualize world peace, the problem of evil is so extreme that it is not possible to achieve it. And most attempts to deal with evil are themselves flawed.Unlike Calvin’s true/false test today where right and wrong are 100% clear-cut, we all live in a world with shades of gray where many times there are no good options.Nevertheless, acts of evil by a small number of people, such as 9-11 and the Boston attack, always highlight the good in large numbers of people who respond. And it is then up to each of us to decide how much we will let our lives be controlled by fear caused by a few evil people.Discussion of acts of evil by entire countries and “just war” controversy are extremely complicated and probably beyond the scope of this forum, except when Calvin is addressing that particular issue:Click here: Calvin and Hobbes (March 23, 1986)

@Tacopielvr: Good for you. One cannot fully live life without taking risks. We all take the risk of being maimed or killed by getting into our cars each day. But we cannot enjoy much of life if we refuse to ever get into a moving vehicle, even though the risks of an accident are fairly high. We tend to get used to the comonplace risks and not worry about them, but fear the small risks that are very rare but highly dramatic. Fear of flying in a plane is an example of this.One terrorist with a single act of terror can change our entire society and way of life, if we will allow them to do so.

This is how I got through school.

Nearly all comments are today from Hobbes!

I have never worked out the out come ,never been on a jury ,or any thing like that.But I have used the Calvin solution in school.It worked

Yep… Time for the coin to make the decisions.

I always use the coin method.

LOL xxx

@Hobbes; “One terrorist with a single act of terror can change our entire society and way of life, if we will allow them to do so.”A memorable quote.Some other poster had said that “if we all come together, we could end all wars” a thought that’s been in our collective minds since several centuries BC. The fact remains that there will always be the deranged among us that want to just out and out kill somebody, either singly or by the millions, regardless of who or where. If you or I happen into his range, bad luck for us. Kum-ba-ya circles and drum-beating hasn’t worked and never will, and most likely someone will be killed on the trip home from the gathering. Cynical, but this is real life, folks.Today’s a downer. Radio WBZ Boston has talked the story into its own death.

On a brighter note, I remember using “The Clock Method” of getting through a multiple-guess test. First, go through the entire test answering the questions I was sure of, then go back and do the ‘not so sure’ ones, finally looking at the clock to see where the second hand was; 1-15 seconds=A, 15-30seconds=B, and so on. Usually was good for a 78%if it was a weak subject for me. (shrug) I lived.

Honest Abe will make a good decision for him…or not.

Calvin is using Dr. Feelgood’s Las Vegas method of taking tests. This strip reminds me of a logic problem I came across years ago. You have a piece of paper on which the words “the statement on the other side is a lie” are printed on each side of the paper. Logically, one of the statements has to be the truth…

Heads he wins . . . tails he loses?!? ;-)

Wish I had a true or false test to do. I would bring a coin…

A true/false test? The standard of American education system is so low?

I used the two finger method. Slap my index and longest fingers on the table. If the index hurts more, the answer is true, longest hurts more, it’s false.

how true is that …:)

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