I believe that the parent is referring to the translation of a term formerly used among the Maori and Polynesian peoples for human flesh as food [1]; their reasoning being that pigs resemble humans, since they taste alike.
This taste-based taxonomy is reminiscent of Ishmael's taxonomy of whales in Melville's Moby Dick [2].
It is known, and can indeed be readily proved by inspection, that everything tastes like chicken [3]. I thus propose a taste-based taxonomy of edible organisms, aiming at restoring the former prominent role of Gallus gallus [4].
I'm not sure if they were going off a taste-based or a diet-based taxonomy on [1].
As to [2], back when the austrian alps were underwater, they were home to the today little-known (apart from the occasional frightful skeleton) Krampus Whale.
[4] Makes a fair taxonomic proposal, however. Could you provide a machine-readable (to make sure it can't be beat) supporting argument, suitable for import into a formal proof management system?
Pleasure chatting with you — this is my stop: Mornington Crescent[1]. Until next time!
Why is Xmas like a lion on the beach?[2]
The Gnat and the Lion and the Hares and the Lion both involve claws. I prefer paws, a genre which has produced Androcles, the Lion and the Mouse, the Elephants and the Mice, and even apparently (I can't find it, but my hanzi search-fu is weak) the Tiger and the Mouse.
On the hares and lion, a Swahili argument against Sith morality: "Ndovu wawili wakipigana, ziumiazo na nyasi."[3]
In the paper: "It is worth noting that the proposal of a "wake/sleep" specific algorithm for unsupervised learning of generative models based on feedback from stochastic stimulation goes back 25 years (Hinton et al., 1995)"
I'm not sure we can really guess what the student meant, but I do know for sure that she was wrong.
If you add up a sixth of a six-pack and a sixth of another six-pack you get a sixth of two six-packs -- two twelveths.
The student's misunderstanding comes from being taught fraction addition in terms of items in a collection -- which only holds if you keep to the same set (what you called scale).
This is a common choice -- "students already know how to add integers, so let's start from there", but as it did in this case, it doesn't always work as intended.
This is a great example of taking an analogy so far that the student didn't learn anything new at all. Everyone feels happy -- teacher's teaching, student's learning -- until you test what your knowledge on outside the domain of the analogy.
Fraction and integer addition are one and the same, yes -- but from the point of view of fractions, wherefrom integer addition is a special case. It remains challenging to teach and understand from the point of view of the integers, which is where the student stands.
This taste-based taxonomy is reminiscent of Ishmael's taxonomy of whales in Melville's Moby Dick [2].
It is known, and can indeed be readily proved by inspection, that everything tastes like chicken [3]. I thus propose a taste-based taxonomy of edible organisms, aiming at restoring the former prominent role of Gallus gallus [4].
[1] https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/long_pig
[2] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cetology_of_Moby-Dick
[3] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tastes_like_chicken
[4] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallic_rooster