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by NamTaf 4889 days ago
I actually did have a grandmother die 2 days before a final exam. Needless to say, no one believed me. :(

Agreed though that this is a great representation of using educated subjectivity to draw reasonable conclusions from data. That's the one thing that a science degree should be teaching over all other aspects. Remembering equations, careful experimental technique, etc. all pale in to significance compared with critical analysis skills.