Re: Is one wrong answer more wrong?
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If I say "2 + 2 = 5", and someone else says "2 + 2 = -63", is it correct to say that he is 'more wrong'.
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The second is more wrong as it violates a greater number of basic principles. There are number of principles broadly and instinctively understood, such as proximity, relative size, oddness and evenness, positives making a positive, and so on. The first only violates a couple whereas the second violates several more, indicating that the person giving the second answer is more prone to error.
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