Burden of knowledge - Revision history

Kevin Wang at 01:48, 2 August 2023

2023-08-02T01:48:50Z

Joel Miles: fixing awkward pronoun use

2022-03-17T04:54:21Z

fixing awkward pronoun use

Kevin Wang: Removed redirect to Quizbowl lingo#burden of knowledge

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Removed redirect to Quizbowl lingo#burden of knowledge

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2020-12-10T07:55:06Z

Redirected page to Quizbowl lingo#burden of knowledge

Chris Chiego at 02:55, 24 January 2017

2017-01-24T02:55:03Z

Dwight Wynne: Created page with 'The '''burden of knowledge''' is an often-invoked excuse for why a player did not correctly answer a tossup in a subject area s/he is well-known for liking and/or being good …'

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The '''burden of knowledge''' is an often-invoked excuse for why a player did not correctly answer a [[tossup]] in a subject area s/he is well-known for liking and/or being good at. Generally speaking, the burden of knowledge arises when a player believes that a [[clue]] applies to two or more possible answers, leading that player to wait for a clue to disambiguate the answers, while another player who only knows the clue in connection with one possible answer immediately buzzes and is correct. This typically happens as a result of vague or non-unique clues, although sometimes players will invoke it just to save face.

A variant of the burden of knowledge (perhaps the burden of meta-knowledge) occurs when a player discounts the correct answer in the belief that a clue could possibly apply to other answers of which s/he knows nothing, or that an early clue well-associated with one answer would be later in the question if the clue were actually pointing to that answer. This is especially prominent at tournaments that have wild difficulty swings and/or poor questions and is often seen in games of [[chicken|buzzer chicken]].

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 The '''burden of knowledge''' is an often-invoked excuse for why a player did not correctly answer a [[tossup]] in a subject area they are well-known for liking and/or being good at. Generally speaking, the burden of knowledge arises when a player believes that a [[clue]] applies to two or more possible answers, leading that player to wait for a clue to disambiguate the answers, while another player who only knows the clue in connection with one possible answer immediately buzzes and is correct.
-This often happens as a result of vague or non-unique clues that are common in [[bad quizbowl]], although sometimes players will invoke it while playing normal [[pyramidal]] questions just to save face.</onlyinclude>
+This often happens as a result of vague or non-[[unique]] clues that are common in "[[bad quizbowl]]", although sometimes players will invoke it while playing normal [[pyramidal]] questions just to save face.</onlyinclude>
 A variant of the burden of knowledge (perhaps the burden of meta-knowledge) occurs when a player discounts the correct answer in the belief that a clue could possibly apply to other answers of which they know nothing, or that an early clue well-associated with one answer would be later in the question if the clue were actually pointing to that answer. This is especially prominent at tournaments that have wild difficulty swings and/or poor questions and is often seen in games of [[chicken|buzzer chicken]].
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-The '''burden of knowledge''' is an often-invoked excuse for why a player did not correctly answer a [[tossup]] in a subject area s/he is well-known for liking and/or being good at. Generally speaking, the burden of knowledge arises when a player believes that a [[clue]] applies to two or more possible answers, leading that player to wait for a clue to disambiguate the answers, while another player who only knows the clue in connection with one possible answer immediately buzzes and is correct.
+The '''burden of knowledge''' is an often-invoked excuse for why a player did not correctly answer a [[tossup]] in a subject area they are well-known for liking and/or being good at. Generally speaking, the burden of knowledge arises when a player believes that a [[clue]] applies to two or more possible answers, leading that player to wait for a clue to disambiguate the answers, while another player who only knows the clue in connection with one possible answer immediately buzzes and is correct.
 This often happens as a result of vague or non-unique clues that are common in [[bad quizbowl]], although sometimes players will invoke it while playing normal [[pyramidal]] questions just to save face.</onlyinclude>
-A variant of the burden of knowledge (perhaps the burden of meta-knowledge) occurs when a player discounts the correct answer in the belief that a clue could possibly apply to other answers of which s/he knows nothing, or that an early clue well-associated with one answer would be later in the question if the clue were actually pointing to that answer. This is especially prominent at tournaments that have wild difficulty swings and/or poor questions and is often seen in games of [[chicken|buzzer chicken]].
+A variant of the burden of knowledge (perhaps the burden of meta-knowledge) occurs when a player discounts the correct answer in the belief that a clue could possibly apply to other answers of which they know nothing, or that an early clue well-associated with one answer would be later in the question if the clue were actually pointing to that answer. This is especially prominent at tournaments that have wild difficulty swings and/or poor questions and is often seen in games of [[chicken|buzzer chicken]].
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		+	The '''burden of knowledge''' is an often-invoked excuse for why a player did not correctly answer a [[tossup]] in a subject area s/he is well-known for liking and/or being good at. Generally speaking, the burden of knowledge arises when a player believes that a [[clue]] applies to two or more possible answers, leading that player to wait for a clue to disambiguate the answers, while another player who only knows the clue in connection with one possible answer immediately buzzes and is correct.
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		+	This often happens as a result of vague or non-unique clues that are common in [[bad quizbowl]], although sometimes players will invoke it while playing normal [[pyramidal]] questions just to save face.</onlyinclude>
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		+	A variant of the burden of knowledge (perhaps the burden of meta-knowledge) occurs when a player discounts the correct answer in the belief that a clue could possibly apply to other answers of which s/he knows nothing, or that an early clue well-associated with one answer would be later in the question if the clue were actually pointing to that answer. This is especially prominent at tournaments that have wild difficulty swings and/or poor questions and is often seen in games of [[chicken\|buzzer chicken]].
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−	A variant of the burden of knowledge (perhaps the burden of meta-knowledge) occurs when a player discounts the correct answer in the belief that a clue could possibly apply to other answers of which s/he knows nothing, or that an early clue well-associated with one answer would be later in the question if the clue were actually pointing to that answer. This is especially prominent at tournaments that have wild difficulty swings and/or poor questions and is often seen in games of [[chicken\|buzzer chicken]].
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