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-The '''Fundamental Difficulty Error''', also known as the '''Freshman Fallacy''', is a very easy error to make when editing or discussing a set.  Simply put, it states, "If I know the answer to a particular question, then the question is too easy.  If I don't know it, it is too hard." Much like the [fundamental attribution error] that it takes its name from, it is to be avoided, as it is often wrong.
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-A corresponding Fundamental Difficulty Error for clues states, "If I know the answer to a tossup off a particular lead-in or middle clue, then the clue is too early.  If I do not know the answer off a later clue, that clue should be moved earlier."  This Fundamental Difficulty Error is largely responsible for the dearth of actual middle clues in many tossups.
-An unnamed corollary to the Fundamental Difficulty Error states, "If a question was answered in my room, it must not have been too difficult for the field as a whole."
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