Does anyone think . . .?

It's often easy to misread a question. It's also easy for an asker to make a typo and ask a question they didn't mean to ask. Recently someone asked for the derivative of 1^z and gave the answer they wanted. Since that answer was clearly wrong, it was clear that they actually wanted the derivative of i^z. So in my answer, I showed how to get the derivative of i^z. One other poster then claimed I was wrong. *shrug*

Maybe a bit (ha!). I have noticed a few people post their credentials(degree and/or profession) and sometimes they are wrong, and somtimes their answers are a bit stupid (not just misreading the details of a problem). But we all make mistakes. However, I think your answer should speak for itself because I have noticed a few clearly incorrect answers have been obviously chosen by somewhat confused questioners because of stated credentials. As far as stats go, nearly 70% of questions go to a vote, so I know that if people have much more than a 30% "Best Answer" rate, then they obviously pad their results by voting for themselves(and using other tricks of the trade), So they are clearly greedy for points and one would question the purity of their motive for putting personal credentials in the source section.

Conclusion: Let your answer speak for itself!

I could put IQ 160 in the source section, but how is that going to help anybody if I answer incorrectly, or even correctly, but my answer is really not the best.

I've probably done it.

edit: I will say that my record speaks for itself. And, just because I have a PhD doesn't mean I have all of the answers.

I only ever post my credentials when I am 100% sure of my answers. I typically do it if there are a lot of bad answers to a question, so that mine will be taken seriously. If I'm not totally sure (which is rare when I'm answering a question), then I don't post it. But it is in my profile.

Funny?

No.

Sad?

Yes.

Besides, I've noticed that just because one has a degree does not make that person a de facto expert in anything. I've known plenty of illogical non-thinkers with doctorates, and perhaps as many brilliant people with no degree at all.

No flip 3 in a row for one deck of cards

and flip 2 in a row in the next deck

yeah... I'm pursuing a BMath degree, but I've never put that in my source

that depends on how you define "is". on the other hand, if you're at some school where they pretend to have ph.d.'s in math, then i don't want my kids going there.

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